HVAC Shop Talk

Topics - Home performance mods to old homes - Tools for home performance - 5 items you should not have in your home - Best crawlspace?

Topics - Selling a change-out - When to approach a customer with a change out proposal - Greg Fox sales process  

Topics - Leak detection - HVAC vehicles - Mistakes made - A lot of joking around

Topics - How Chuck went from working with the school system to starting his own business - What preparations to make when starting a business - Why Chuck chose Armstrong, American Standard and Ameristar as his brands to install - Why fixing and not replacing is sometimes the answer - Why is Chuck a one man show

Topic - We ask Tersh (from the Service Business Mastery podcast) many questions in the area of small business ownership, HVAC pricing, employee hiring, and more.

Topics - Zack talks about how the internet (social media) affects the perception of the trade. He also discusses how social media is not a good place to gather trade advice. - Zack, AK and Tersh Blissett (Service Business Mastery Podcast) answer phone calls during the last HVAC Shop Talk Live event (YouTube stream).

Topics - Choosing the proper jobs for your small business - Dealing with customers / TSA

HVAC Shop Talk welcomes back Bill Spohn. Bill is the co-owner of trutechtools.com. Topics - Bill's high performance home - AHR experiences  

Zack talks about the biggest job Town & Country Air ever completed. A lot of lessons were learned during that month....yes....a month.

Zack discusses the rise and eventual fall of his HVAC service business.

Topics - AHR Discussion - BCR Meet Up Event

We ask John Pastorello all the questions you guys submitted on YouTube. Topics- Coil protection spray Pan and drain treatment How John entered the business NYLOG and Zoomlock fittings    

Topics- Too random too list

Topics - How combustion analyzers work - applications where you need to perform a combustion analysis - how different category furnaces should be measured - draft - measuring CO and CO AF

Guest Jason Obrzut from ESCO Topics- - Smart valve troubleshooting - Smart valve sequence of operation - Tools for troubleshooting smart valves    

Topics - Replacement for R410a picked by Carrier/ICP - Composition of R466A by Honeywell    

HST Radio show from 12/3/18 Topics - The HUB 6 is back - Vacuum testing experiment - Redfish & BluFlame

Guest | Billy Knoth & Brent Ridley from the Tool Pros Podcast Topics - - Tools you need to rent and not buy - Cordless tools replacing corded tools - Winter load out and service expectations

Topics- -Matt McKinney talk about the future replacements for 410a -HVAC Comedy from Zack & AK

Topics - Ralph's completed Bosch install - Ralph goes to class with NCI - Ted Cook calls in - Alexander calls in

Topics- - New power tools - Ralph calls in - Alex calls in

Topics - Starting a business - Working for someone vs. ownership - Refrigeration service tips - The life of Dave Shankland

Topics -  - TruBlu Hoses vs. other vacuum hoses (construction) - Out-gassing hoses - AK's 2500 chiller vacuum - Q & A with Jim

Topics- - Andrew's VRF service call adventure - An HVAC history lesson

Topics- - Email from a listener (HVAC Shop Talk mailbag) - Luke Skywalker was an HVAC Tech - Willis Carrier's big job