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I am looking to purchase a tool for cutting in boots in finished houses. The company I work for supply's us with sawsalls for new builds and a co worker uses his personal sonic crafter for finished...

School will give you the basic skills to be at least usefull to the techs. I went to a 1 year HVAC program at my local community college. It gave me the basic skills. I am now an apprentice at a...

I have an Evcon 80K furnace that was tripping on code 3 press switch was not closing. Kept it going one weekend waiting for the supply house to open Mon morning. Went to fool the switch and the dang...

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My employer got myself and a co-worker enrolled in an apprenticeship program through Penn Foster and I must say I am confused and quite frankly dissapointed in it. The only questions that I can see...

Just wanted to get some of everybodys perspective on an issue I am having. I have been in this trade for only a couple of years now so my experience is quite limited. The company I am with is in the...

Thanks everybody for the advise. I work as hard as I can. I want to be a good tech and not just a hack like most in my area. My last job I did everything that was asked of me and then some. I asked...

Tech Rob, I hear what your saying. The last guy I worked for took full advantage of my schooling with out investing in me in return. I believe the employee needs to invest in the employer and the...

Working on that right now. Last two companies said right off the bat they were looking for helpers only. Would not invest into the apprenticeship. Kind of a double edge sword, do I go there and bust...

I hear ya. I want to pay my dues but no body wants to take on an apprentice. Too many fricken hoops to jump through. Most only want helpers and dont want anything more than that. I want to be more...

I will be heading down to the state capitol thismonth to address the mechanical board and to have them explain to me how they came to their conclusion to deny my petition. Then I will also talk to my...

Going out of state is not an option. My wife and I just bought a house last fall. I believe an education is something that is never finished. Most of the contractors around my area dont feel the...

Thought about going out of state but Iowa does not have reciprocity with any other state. They hand a grandfathering program that ended in 2010 with people who had no business getting their license...

Thought about that route but there is a lot I dont know yet. I have a decent working knowledge but I will be the first to say I dont know it all. Never will but I will learn till the day I die. I...

I am now leaning that the college diploma course I took for HVAC is a waste of time here in Iowa. The way the Iowa law is set up is one sided. It is more set up for people coming off the street with...

Glad to see I am not the only ones to hate these things. Had to change out the inducer motor on one and had to dang near remove everything from the cabinet to get to the last screw. They really need...

My previus employer was ising the Braeburn t-stats but then switched to the Honeywell 5000 series. I personaly liked the Braeburn better.

My previous boss tought me to wire up the new gas valve without hard piping it to the unit and use a stick lighter to fool the flame sensor into thinking it had flame to check if the gas valve was...

Found out on monday it was time for me to move on. My boss informed me that my pay would be cut from 15$ and hour to min wage. Told him I would be working to pay for my gas back and forth to work and...

Sure have. In fact, I still do. Work for a family owned company. The old man went to HVAC course the local community college had and started the business. The son and other workers started to work...

Thanks for the comments. I plan on staying with this company till something else comes along. Most places where I live dont want to take on the risk of hiring someone and spending the $ to train them...

I graduated from my local community college's HVAC program in July 2011. I started soon after with the company I am currently with now. I was told it would be a temporary job with a possibilty of...

You should have replaced with direct vent 90% or higher furnace. They have a two pipe system that brings in fresh air from outside the structure for combustion and then vents the exhaust with the...

Been with current company for 5 months. Got 30$

I was at a furnace replacement job and while I was running back to my truck for parts and tools, I noticed a guy that was casing my boss's and my trucks. Cought him 4 times doing this and the last...