Holmes On Homes- Holmes & H-VAC Guy both read their anemometers as showing CFM

[Twilly]

Twilly says the guy grows on you though.

[bmathews]

Twilly says the guy grows on you though.

Isn't it the truth? It makes you wanna go out and kick ass. He has a brand. If you watch his credits when the show was over. He has a clothing line as well. Yep, he's expensive and probably better than 50% of the builders and GC's anybody has worked with on here. But it's friggin' reality tv. He's got us talking about him, thereby generating more internet buzz and he's selling more expensive coveralls because of that. The dude that moved in the home was happy as hell. So he did his job.

[hvacvegas]

Twilly says the guy grows on you though.

Just like hemorrhoids.

There's been way to many issues with mike holmes shows, and not just the hvac. I used to like it. Then I actually started paying attention.

Every once in a bit I'll watch the end result for some HOS pictures.

[Gus-Herb94]

I saw that show the other night. First thought seeing that they were claiming 680 CFM out of that one vent was "that guy is full of sh*t those people are f*cking retards" Then proceeded to say how it would sound like a jet engine if it were operating at such high CFM! just as fabrk8r said.

Now... Did nobody notice that there was what looked like a dryer hose on the water heater flue!!??

[jeremy-lvhm]

Yeah mike is a blowhard sometimes. But he is a good guy and I like the show. He still makes mistakes but we all do. I got irritated when he put Teflon tape on threads for sink connectors. Saying it's better to have the extra sealing. Lol. Threads aren't sealing anything. Oh well. He tries. Lol

He is a carpenter at the end of the day.

[jmac00]

I think Holmes is a great guy, that knows his stuff~~~~for the most part.

But I also think he has a TV show because in the real world, the way he does things, he would be to expensive to hire.

He uses first class material which in the real world I don't think he would use. Standard building material works just fine when installed correctly.

The one thing I don't like is his arrogance. He has the "I know it all" attitude, when clearly he does lacks skill in certain areas.

[mbhydro]

You might be interested in reading this article from the Globe and Mail Report on Business section on Mike and how he runs his business.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle1166896/

[MechAcc]

Yeh, like Alec Baldwin 'played a pilot' before.

Yes and they didn't get that right either James Doolittle did not become a Brigadier General until after the Tokyo Raid. He was a Colonel during the time frame that they made the movie Pearl Harbor. Another Hollywood liberty with truth along with believing that fighter pilots inexperienced in bombers would be selected for the raid.

[MechAcc]

Isn't it the truth? It makes you wanna go out and kick ass. He has a brand. If you watch his credits when the show was over. He has a clothing line as well. Yep, he's expensive and probably better than 50% of the builders and GC's anybody has worked with on here. But it's friggin' reality tv. He's got us talking about him, thereby generating more internet buzz and he's selling more expensive coveralls because of that. The dude that moved in the home was happy as hell. So he did his job.

Just think what Dave Lennox could do.

[MechAcc]

I would watch a Twilly reality HVAC show

[pacnw]

I have gone onto his website and made some comments on other things not "Right" and never had a response.

guess he is "Right" and we are some of those who"... just don't know what we are doing..."

[hvacvegas]

I would watch a HVAC-talk reality show, with Seaton as the "The situation" of the group.

[bjd]

I agree the guy is such a "Chest Banger" and gets off on finding things that really do not matter

[Cool_Air]

Yeah mike is a blowhard sometimes. But he is a good guy and I like the show. He still makes mistakes but we all do. I got irritated when he put Teflon tape on threads for sink connectors. Saying it's better to have the extra sealing. Lol. Threads aren't sealing anything. Oh well. He tries. Lol

He is a carpenter at the end of the day.

He's going behind people that do SORRY WORK he may not know everything but he's on top of most. I live in the southeast and a lot of the A/C work here stinks,the old saying pay me now or pay me later holds true around here. It cost a little more but the home owners are real happy,but cost around here is everything.

[jmac00]

[QUOTE=Cool_Air;11105622]He's going behind people that do SORRY WORK he may not know everything but he's on top of most. I live in the southeast and a lot of the A/C work here stinks,the old saying pay me now or pay me later holds true around here. It cost a little more but the home owners are real happy,but cost around here is everything.[/QUOTE]

thats doesn't make any sense? Let me get this right, People in your market are very happy about paying for a repair twice?

Are these people just uneducated or truly stupid

[HeyBob]

It appears that it's Holmes Inspection now instead of Holmes on Homes, anyone know what's up?

[mbhydro]

What Mike is doing now is fixing houses that have problems, and have had a home inspector come through before the house was bought.

Mike first shows where the paid inspectors did not find the obvious problems the customers are calling him into fix.

After those problems are found taking down some drywall finds a lot more problems, usually with the foundation.

For the last few seasons, people would just apply to the producers saying they have a bad house and can Mike come fix it.

He is also franchising "Mike Holmes Inspections" offices in Canada to do inspections to his high standards. Time will tell if his franchises are as detail orientated as he is.

[airtime]

He's an expert on everything and everyone else (that did previous work on the house) is an idiot. When he's wrong he sure does it with conviction, makes people believe he knows what he's talking about.

[jmac00]

What Mike is doing now is fixing houses that have problems, and have had a home inspector come through before the house was bought.

Mike first shows where the paid inspectors did not find the obvious problems the customers are calling him into fix.

After those problems are found taking down some drywall finds a lot more problems, usually with the foundation.

For the last few seasons, people would just apply to the producers saying they have a bad house and can Mike come fix it.

He is also franchising "Mike Holmes Inspections" offices in Canada to do inspections to his high standards. Time will tell if his franchises are as detail orientated as he is.

so basically he is trashing home inspectors???? Like that's a challenge

[timebuilder]

Although the anemometers were displaying FPM, they are capable of displaying CFM, and that was probably the basis of the narration about the duct CFM.

I believe he is using a unit like this:

http://www.testersandtools.com/Gener...-RS-Output.php