Appetite for Construction

Send us Fan Mail The boys slide into the weekend airing out their thoughts on allergies, Canadian wildfires, pesky mosquitoes, cold beer and a couple cool events in Cleveland involving social media influencers. We are airing it out...get the pun? Cheer and enjoy the weekend everyone! Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget...

Send us Fan Mail Tim & John head to the secret bunker in Milwaukee where we find Caleffi's national training manager, Cody Mack. Nothing too technical, we talk about Cody's beginning as a HVAC tech, getting hired at Caleffi, his job and the latest products and innovation from Caleffi. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and do...

Send us Fan Mail This week Tim & John welcome in Chris Forth, an HVAC industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience working in engineering, product management and most recently the regulatory and codes space as the Vice President of Regulatory, Codes & Environmental Affairs for the Ducted Systems division of Johnson Controls.  Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at...

Send us Fan Mail The boys talk about the efficacy of good immigration reform, private equity entering the PHVAC industry, fashion hair tips and the mysterious case of the missing Buffalo Trace whiskey. BOOM! Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbi...

Send us Fan Mail Tim & John set sail for Ireland as they talk to Seán Kearney, managing director for the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IWSH) Foundation. While at the ISH Show in Germany, Tim and John covered the Plumbing Champions event where 12 plumbers/apprentices from eight different countries came together to prefab bathroom fixtures (toilets, urinals, sinks) on the show flo...

Send us Fan Mail They guys end the week talking about the recent TikTok ban in Montana, favorite movies, and do older movies stand the test of time like music does? Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbing Perspective IG @plumbing_perspective Fol...

Send us Fan Mail This week the boys talk training with Dan Clapper and Ken Midgett with Interplay Learning, an online and VR training for the essential skilled trades, which is scalable and more effective than traditional training methods. Clapper is the Commercial HVAC and Facilities Maintenance Market Director for Interplay Learning, while Midgett serves as the Plumbing Market Director at Interp...

Send us Fan Mail Friend and regular guest Danny G from Gronendyke Plumbing joins the show to talk about what it was like when he went off on his own. How did he get his phone to ring? Was there anxiety? Ask his wife. He also talks about the transition of his business to his apprentice Mason T. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don&apo...

Send us Fan Mail A feminist plumber, activist, mentor for young girls, and a plumber for the New York Housing Authority, Judaline tells her story of coming from nothing, a poor girl living in Trinidad & Tobago with her great grandmother. She has been a positive spokesperson for the plumbing industry pushing forward with the mantra—trades have no genders. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construct...

Send us Fan Mail This week, John welcomes his cousin and his son—Tim and Michael McRaith—to the Friday episode of Appetite for Construction. Michael, aka Flex Murphy, talks about pursuing professional wrestling and Tim talks about being an extra in movies, dating back to the mid-'80s with Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, to working on current TV sets. And, John retells the s...

Send us Fan Mail The guys talk with Chris O'Grady, chief sales officer for Successware, a contractor-founded business and field service management software company for the home services industry. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbing Pers...

Send us Fan Mail Rap Master Danny G joins John on this Friday Bonus edition to talk about his latest rap release, "Name Drop," which can be downloaded on iTunes. We talk about his love for rap music, how he got started, Shaq, and he debuts the full rap song from his America's Got Talent audition. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming ch...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk with Gary Klein, Gary Klein & Associates. Gary has been talking energy efficiency since the late '70s and has been carrying the torch for better plumbing systems through better design, right-sizing pipes, understanding behaviors and ultimately striving to better integrate a high performance hot water system into these buildings. What does he think about...

Send us Fan Mail The Hub team returns from another successful Iowa Build My Future Event in Des Moines. Tim & John jump on with Brandon Patterson, Iowa Skilled Trades, and the primary  architect of this impressive event. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Te...

Send us Fan Mail Tim & John head to Southern California to talk with Mike Prencavage Jr. (@socalplumbguy), president/owner of The Family Plumber in Los Alamitos, Calif. Not only does Mike run a successful plumbing business, he is also active with PHCC, as he is president of PHCC Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (PHCC-ORSB), and on the board of directors for PHCC California....

Send us Fan Mail Tim & John talk about crazy airport/airplane stories over the years. Also, the Iowa Build My Future event is next week. We talk about it. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbing Perspective IG @plumbing_perspective Follow Me...

Send us Fan Mail The boys sit down with new CEO Cindy Sheridan and president David Frame, Bob Frame Plumbing, South Bend, Ind. In addition to adding union shops to the PHCC membership, see what else the two are doing to push the association, and the industry, forward through continued collaboration. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and d...

Send us Fan Mail The boys get together for a Friday Bonus episode! Tim quizzes John on The Masters, including lots of Green Jacket and Champions Dinner talk, Retirement Locations, share their Easter plans and end the week looking forward to family time. Happy Easter to all our listeners. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't fo...

Send us Fan Mail We were thinking of a different title but it wasn't family friendly. Tim & John reconnect from a busy 2+ months of traveling. What are the top 5 things forgotten in a returned rental car? John talks about his trip to South Carolina, we talk NCAA Tournaments, sportsmanship, Tim's fear of heights and all sorts of good stuff. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction p...

Send us Fan Mail The boys catch up with Da Coach Alan Carlson to discuss Mental Health, WWETT, Scooter Riding, Social Media Influencers, Community over Competition, Chicago Sports Scene and debate the vocabulary evolution of the phrase, "that shit is so ass." Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the othe...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and John return from a whirlwind tour of 10 days in Germany and we talk with Janik Tscheschlok with REMS and Bruno Frie about the REMS experience in Stuttgart. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbing Perspective IG @plumbing...

Send us Fan Mail Tim & John talk with Ty (Thomas) Young out of California about his journey and battling colon cancer. From not wanting to live to now owning his very successful plumbing and whole-house remodeling company, Ty is grabbing life by the balls and living his good life. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forge...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded at the WWETT Show in Indy, Tim & John sit down with Ellen Rohr. How does she maintain the same amount of enthusiasm and passion for the industry as she did 20+ years ago? Also, we dabble in franchising, talk about tardiness and alcohol and a special guest joins the chat. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and...

Send us Fan Mail This week the boys head to Nashville to talk to Jimmy Hiller Sr. to talk about his journey into the trades, albeit not an easy one. We talk about his revolutionary Transition to Trades program that shows people transitioning from the military to civilian life that work in the trades is a viable path. Oh, and did we mention that Hiller Plumbing was featured on the American Plumber...

Send us Fan Mail Our Friday Bonus edition includes interviews we did from the WWETT Show with RIDGID's Maddie Suvak, engagement marketing manager, and Brad Yuronich, director of software development. Maddie talks about her relatively new position that includes the RIDGID Experience, booth meet-ups and other really fun stuff. Brad talks  on the software side and collecting as much data so the...