Justin Hernandez
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20 hours ago, kruton said:
Not a bad price man. Doesn't look like it was touched. I have Shindaiwa trimmers and I love those speed feed heads, hands down the easiest bump feed head I have ever used. Good to see you back as well!
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Hey whats up Kruton!! Yea I have an old Shindaiwa that I put a speed feed on, it is fast to load
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So I have been extremely busy and haven't been around on here which is sad. Hopefully I can find the time to start posting again soon. So with that being said I think I may have gotten a good deal on something for once. I was at HD renting a lift yesterday and on the shelf of used equipment I saw a string trimmer for sale. I usually don't see anything to interesting on the shelf but this trimmer looked brand new. I saw it was $200 regularly discounted to $150 an employee saw me looking at it and told me I will give it to you for $130, I said sold! This is really funny because everything in my life is a coincidence it is weird but it truly is. I was up late the night before watching YouTube videos and watched one on getting Like New Echo equipment for cheap. In which he goes into detail about HD and what RTV is. Now I am not an Echo fan at all but the trimmer is for the old man. I am a Stihl man through and through as evident by this trimmer getting photo bomb by my Stihl pole saw
This trimmer is brand new with no scratches or anything, I got it dirtier in 10 minutes of use more than anything. You can tell buy the head its not even scratched which happens as soon as you touch concrete. From what I understand $50 off is the norm for this trimmer and they always get them in but I never seen one on the shelve until now. It is a model SRM-225 and with the short time I used it today I really don't like it 
I like big, heavy, powerful string trimmers like my Stihl FS 130 R. The Echo is under powered, very small tank, has a tiny shield which I take off I hate shields. The head is small does not hold a lot of string and the trimmer itself seems short. I know the 130 is a professional model and theres no comparison but I have owned a lot of trimmers and know what a good trimmer is. I have a Shindaiwa that is 20 years old and used weekly all its life, as well as many others. So I have gone on and on so time to stop typing. I think the $20 extra off was what sold me because I knew 50 is usual and this one was basically new. I paid sticker prices all the time so this was different. And the trimmer was almost sold to someone else while I was outside hooking up the lift with another employee..lol But I came back inside with the guy and at the same time we both said you can't sell that. While another employee was ringing it up for another customer. Anyways I will shut up now
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20 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
What's up Justin!!!? You must be a busy guy
You getting yourself one of these fkexvolt?
Hey Carl! I'm still alive but just barely.
Yea summer time is brutal on electrical meters an air conditioners here in South Florida. Everything is burning up, heat index of 105 or higher everyday with 60-70 percent humidity.
I think I might just get some battery's first for my 20v stuff, I'm disappointed that the 60v tools are only 2 amp hours battery life
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My Home Depot just got some Flexvolt tools!!
If you can just load that pallet on my truck I'd appreciate it
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Some DeWalt Flex Volt tools and batteries
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4 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
That's crazy man! You show up at random times haha you been pretty busy huh?
Yea I've been busy I feel like I abandoned you guys, I will try to post some stuff soon. Hope all is well with you man!!
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All these strange coincidence's happen to me all the time its funny. I had just bought it today and then a few minutes later Klein posts today's giveaway on Facebook..lol
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7 hours ago, noops said:
Was it EMT from the panel? If so then it was grounded. Seal tight in EMT tho... That sounds special.
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The EMT stopped at the bottom of the air handler, they shoved a non-metallic seal tight into the EMT with no connectors. I removed the plastic seal tight, installed a transition fitting from EMT to metallic flex along with metallic flex to the unit. I wish I would have took some more pictures, it was not mechanically grounded before no ground what so ever. Now it is mechanically grounded and has a dedicated ground wire.
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On 4/4/2016 at 8:20 PM, Dano123 said:
No winter? Wow! It's back down in the 20's here.
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On 4/4/2016 at 10:51 PM, JimboS1ice said:Beats my crazy weather yesterday of sunny and warm, blizzard like conditions, he's snow! And hail... Yea and some straight line winds, fun day yesterday in Chicago.
On 4/4/2016 at 11:41 PM, Dano123 said:We had snow Sat night. I was 45 min from home and they got so much I had to pull over because it was a white out for 30 min. Several accidents on the way home too. I plow snow so I am used to driving in bad weather, but this came down so hard and so fast and I wasn't familiar with the roads. Extremely windy all day too which made it worse.
My dad is in Bonita Springs, FL for the winter and he always makes those comments too...
On Saturday it was 93 with a heat index of 96 and humility like 80%
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On 4/3/2016 at 2:38 PM, PROTOOLNUT said:
I am glad that you got this fixed, as it was a disaster waiting to happen. You seem to come across this kind of stuff often, are you the one they call out to fix the shoddy job done by another? lol
Let's make this clear I don't find this stuff it finds me..lol Yup I go behind unlicensed contractors and clean up there mess, the crazy thing is homeowners are always complaining about my price. They seem to forget the fact that the other guy took there money did crappy work and now it all has to get redone.
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17 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
Just can't beat Navien for tankless, we used to use Rinnai, but not since we started using Navien, nothing but for tankless
Bradford white for conventional tank sure, but the new stainless tanks with the lifetime warranty are the answer to the problems even they experience, HTP is the brand. I don't see a real good conventional tank unit anymore, they pile up in our scrap pile real quick, maybe 3 years old, maybe 8 years old. How long of lifespan are you expecting out of a Bradford white anyways? It seems like 8 years is still a real short lifespan. But then again, the water quality around here is absolute crap in places....
This is all too common: install date written shows not even 8 years of age on this
They are all junk read my reply to Ricky. How much does a 40 gallon HTP cost, I'm not sure if anyone here even sells stainless tanks.
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18 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
What do you think of this water heater?
It looks good just need to strap the pex. Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Wirsbro pex have to have uv protection from light so it would have to be insulated. We don't use pex here the only place that sells it is HD.
17 hours ago, RickyMcGrath said:We ONLY supply Bradford White water heaters for tanks and Rinnai for Tankless. With over 300 years of combined plumbing experience between our techs, they all say Bradford White. Hands down. They'll over bid installs on customer supplied heaters in hopes they don't get the job.
I think AO Smith is the best and there is studies about it Bradford White comes in second place. Honestly they are all junk nobody maintains them and the steel tank will leak eventually. Manufacturers just care about one thing nowadays PROFIT, they will cut corners anywhere they can to save money. In most places they will only sell either Bradford or A.O never will you find both being sold in the same area. So if your a plumber and you buy A.O of course you are going to say its the best and that Bradford sucks because you can't buy it and don't install it. I'm just making conversation here
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On 4/3/2016 at 2:31 PM, PROTOOLNUT said:
Code just means someone's opinion which you must follow
Kinda like the president then
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On 3/30/2016 at 11:55 PM, DR99 said:
Man electric water heaters are much less of a hassle than gas to install
This is true but they sure can screw up the electrical wiring. I wish I had pictures of this gas tankless that they used dryer duct flex as the flue pipe. I had to rip it all out and put in a stainless steel flue which was expensive. If I remember correctly I charged them $2500 with permit. What happens is any time a new roof is done here the water heater flue pipe has to be upgraded to B-vent on final roof inspection. That particular tankless required stainless
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1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:
When it comes to electrical lines, especially around water heaters, I would want the most protection from bare wires as possible
Its code here, its crazy to think some places allow it in other states. No exposed romex allowed here what so ever anywhere it can be in the attic but thats it. I don't think its strict it makes sense to me.
1 hour ago, DR99 said:Your the water heater whisper Justin!!
HAha, I tell all the water heaters, its okay one day I will give you a face lift when funds are available.
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1 hour ago, KnarlyCarl said:
There seems to be a big push to use those flex sharkbite lines, we have used them a fair bit, my preference is copper, but my boss has us putting them in more often because of speed.
That water heater is pretty average around here ha, no codes on having wiring in conduit, whatever goes....
Interesting, that sounds like a bad idea about the electrical. I know a plumber that charges a ton of money for a water heater install he uses sharbites and just changes over to cpvc. I stick with the same pipe that comes out of the wall, maybe only once or twice I changed from copper to cpvc. On a heater that is copper and only needs two couplings and two adapters I could tear out the old one install the new one and clean up in two hours. That doesn't happen all the time but if I haul ass I could do it in two hours. On cpvc water lines usually only 1.5 hours, how fast does your boss want it done..lol I rip the box open and prep the new one while the old drains, most times it only drains to half and I just manhandle it out of the way. Slide the new in and just let the old drain while connecting everything. The fastest I ever installed a heater was ten minutes, what happen was the old one was stolen and I prepped the new one before I got there. Took it out the box put my adapters on glued a short piece of cpvc then threw it in the truck. There was no water to the property so I didn't have to fill it and the electrician was going to do the whip. It was funny because I just put three elbows, cpvc glue, and ratchet cutters in my pocket than just threw the tall 30 gallon heater on my shoulder and walked in the house. I was done in ten minutes I timed it..lol The homeowner was like, ''hey when did you get here'' I said ten minutes ago. Then he said is the water heater being installed today I said come over here look its done already. He was like damn your fast like flash. I will never be able to do one that fast ever again, kind of sad when you think about it. Hey if I used the sharkbite flex lines I could have done it in like 3 minutes just would have needed an elbow for the relief line.
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Another Monday and another beautiful masterpiece of a Water Heater install. I swear I'm the king when it comes to finding crappy water heater installs, look at this art work. And to think I don't even take pictures of all of them or post everything, I would have a huge scrap book if I did.lol On with the show!! Of course what water heater install would be complete without having some sharks swimming around in the tank (sharkbite fittings). First cut a huge hole in the wall, don't patch it so the carbon monoxide from the cars in the garage goes it to the house. Not to mention its a fire wall so a fire will find that hole fast. Then find any pvc glue you have in the truck and glue a cpvc male fitting to the pipes. Now go get the sharks out of their sleeping bags feed them some pex and then release them. Don't put a pan under the heater in case the sharks tank decides to break and leak. Now we need to put in a small electric fence to protect the sharks from any unwanted visitors in case they touch it. I can't keep writing like this..lol So there's no pan, a mess of water pipes, a hole in the wall, romex wire, but the relief line is piped in so I guess its safe. We can't have romex exposed it needs to be inside a greenfield flex, it needs to have a connector on the tank not just shoved it the hole plus it needs to be 10-2 romex not 12-2. The icing on the cake is the guy left his business card on top of the switch, I will be calling him and congratulate him on his masterpiece.
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31 minutes ago, PROTOOLNUT said:
A shark bit me, shit, should have used the other fitting.
I think its funny watching you guys talk plumbing for hours hehe
You have no idea, last Saturday on Google hangouts we talked about HVAC for almost 7 hours live.lol There was a hangout last night that lasted 2 hours, and there will be another one tonight
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Yea changing shower valves is the worst, I price them high with no guarantee that tile can be saved. Around here a lot of them are on outside walls where this is only an inch from the durock to the cinder blocks. We have just a 1/2'' furring strip attached directly to the cinder block walls and then the drywall directly on the furring strip. I would rather do a slab leak repair then a shower valve any day
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3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
Propress baby!
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Sweet!!! And a sharkbite too.lol I've been having problems with those Delta valves, the cartridge goes bad quick. I get lucky some times and just change the seats and springs. I had a call back on one a week after my warranty expired sucks to be them..lol
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20 hours ago, BMack37 said:
We have a couple days of Winter!
I'm close to the Keys its way hotter here than in Orlando or Tampa area during the so called winter. I haven't worn a jacket or sweater in years
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3 hours ago, MikeInCtown said:
These things are great for transitioning between material and in homes where you have pipe running tight along basement joists or walls. You can't solder without risk of fire, and if you have water running out of the pipe, these are perfect. Would I build new construction with them? Nope, but I sure would use them for repair in accessible areas where use of a torch is not preferable.
I usually squeeze a fire blanket or a piece of sheet metal behind any pipe touching wood. then solder my fitting.
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Yea pawn shops are way over priced here, I told the guy working there that all this stuff is stolen. He told me to leave..lol
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4 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
No ground. Are those heat strips in a furnace?
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I have never seen a furnace in real life we have no need for heat here. This is an air handler with heat strips, they never get used but code requires that they be installed. The last time I had a no heat call was three years ago, it was because they had a new born baby. They only ran the heat for two days after I fixed it, we have no winter here..lol
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This trimmer is brand new with no scratches or anything, I got it dirtier in 10 minutes of use more than anything. You can tell buy the head its not even scratched which happens as soon as you touch concrete. From what I understand $50 off is the norm for this trimmer and they always get them in but I never seen one on the shelve until now. It is a model SRM-225 and with the short time I used it today I really don't like it 
I like big, heavy, powerful string trimmers like my Stihl FS 130 R. The Echo is under powered, very small tank, has a tiny shield which I take off I hate shields. The head is small does not hold a lot of string and the trimmer itself seems short. I know the 130 is a professional model and theres no comparison but I have owned a lot of trimmers and know what a good trimmer is. I have a Shindaiwa that is 20 years old and used weekly all its life, as well as many others. So I have gone on and on so time to stop typing. I think the $20 extra off was what sold me because I knew 50 is usual and this one was basically new. I paid sticker prices all the time so this was different. And the trimmer was almost sold to someone else while I was outside hooking up the lift with another employee..lol But I came back inside with the guy and at the same time we both said you can't sell that. While another employee was ringing it up for another customer. Anyways I will shut up now 
I think its funny watching you guys talk plumbing for hours hehe
Echo RTV from Home Depot
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Yea I'm a Stihl man, if I don't have a lot of land I would pull the trigger on the Dewalt battery equipment.