Make Trades Great Again

Want to expand the crew? How do you figure out what to charge your customers for their labor? Do you have enough money available to pay them? These are things that matter as you consider growing.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickels...

We’ve all got one or two things we hate about our job no matter how much we enjoy the rest of it.  The guys talk about their least favorite part of being plumbers.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign u...

Eric and Andy talk about lawn mowers and other totally random thoughts in the BS session.   Ever heard of a vole? Are they real? Should we be paying for lawn mowers? Hard hitting questions the world needs answered.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechani...

Eric and Andy recap some of the highlights of the ISH show in Frankfurt, Germany Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

What’s it like being the coolest Red Seal plumber on the island of Newfoundland? Listen to Danielle “Twig” Browne in this episode of MTGA and you’ll get to know her a bit more.  Twig has been a longtime proponent of being a good friend and mentor to anyone and everyone, please follow her over on IG or TikTok at @thelittlestplumber  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online...

It can be worth it and pay off in the end if you access how things are going, in life or in business, and identify some areas where you need to improve. The guys talk about things they need to work on in their own businesses.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Au...

Special guest, legend Andy Cam @i_love_plumbing sits down with us in Frankfurt, Germany at the ISH Trade Fair podcast studio for an awesome conversation about his long career as a plumbing and heating pro in the U.K.  Andy hosts The Heating & Plumbing Show on FIX Radio in London with his cohost Todd Glister.  Andy is the real deal, a class act and fun to talk with, we hope you enjoy our conver...

Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Ever wonder what it takes to start with a product idea and turn that idea into an actual thing?  Webstone Senior Product Manager Lisa Lyon sits down with us and friend of the show Travis Abaire, owner of TAP Plumbing & Heating, to talk about Webstone's Customer Council and how an idea turns into a real product we can use on our jobs.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2...

Janik Tscheschlok, sales manager at REMS Tools in Waiblingen, Germany joins the guys at the famous German tool factory.  The guys talk with Janik about their tour of the factory and more.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick...

The boys chat it up with Red Seal Tech Jason Norman, HVAC_JAY604 about trades life in Canada. Check it out to get a few service tips for the guys.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly...

IG’s Thatsteamfitterguy writes in to ask where do you find industry training. We share a few of our favorite places to get online and in person training.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https:/...

Navien’s Dave Hoskyn talks tech support and how to succeed in the field.  Manufacturers spend time and money to offer tech support for us in the field. Some do it better than others without a doubt. Our guest has been on the other end of the phone and in front of the training classroom  for many years and has some advice for us all on how to be successful when we need a lifeline.   Text the guys y...

Eric and Andy talk about organization woes when it comes to being on the run and taking customer information and project details. How do you keep track of the details.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter si...

Andy recounts a recent project where a simple detail has caused stress in the project and with the homeowner.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

The guys have a bs session and we learn something about Eric that apparently he's embarrassed about.   Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Ever thought about switching jobs? How about completely changing the industry or trade altogether?  This week the guys take some messages from listeners asking advice about switching careers.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @...

Sorry folks we had some technical difficulties, so we’re going to take a look back today at an episode from days past! Hope you enjoy it again! Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_...

Live from AHR with guests Michael Provenzano, Director of Pressing, RIDGID Jim Vild, Atlanta Territory Manager, RIDGID The guys talk about Ridgid tools and the company who makes some of the finest piping tools in the industry.   Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric...

If you're like us then there are boxes of junk piled up from the long winter. Its time to tackle the cleanup effort and take inventory of those extra tools and materials if you want to increase efficiency!   Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanical...

The guys invited home builder, building science nerd, licensed electrician and mechanical contractor Travis Brungardt of Catalyst Construction. Whew! What a resumé and what an awesome conversation!  Travis and the guys talk about the builder & subcontractor relationship, interviewing to join the next build project and more.  You can find Travis over on IG: @catalystbuilt and as a regular contr...

The guys sit down during AHR Expo in Atlanta to talk with a friend of MTGA, founder of hvactactical.com and @hvactactical on IG, Ben Poole.  Ben's passion to put a spotlight on blue collar workers is so strong he created the HVAC Tactical Awards, a black tie event bringing hvac workers from all over North America.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at ww...

What happens when you screw up and order the wrong equipment? Well, if you handle it like Andy did then you're already set...no need to listen...go check out our the episode with the Aussie Apprentice.  Handling problems on the fly is never easy. Andy tells us a story of a recent mistake he caused and we discuss some ways to keep it from happening again along with the rare occasion when we bu...

Eric and Andy talk about specialty tools and the question of sticking with one battery platform or buying into specialty tool platforms.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

The boys welcome @Assuieapprentice Patrick Caldow on the show to chat about the life of a plumbing apprentice in Australia.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email