02/24/2026
Havnt been putting in anything new lately so here are some pictures from repairs. They are not as exciting as new shiny things but a few fun ones.
1st set is a sneaky solder joint causing an intermittent no heat. This one would only happen every few days at complete random. Took a few minutes to find but it couldn't hide from me. No jeed to replace a expensive control just for a cracked solder joint. Cleaned up re solder and back in buisness.
The next set was a different story though,
This customer had another company install the boiler and water heater. The old water heater was leaking sonit needed to go. The boiler seemed like they were bullied into buying it because the other company wouldnt change an expansion tank due to the age of the boiler 😒 granted the boiler was old and could be replaced it was functioning just fine.
Anyway the problems started after the new system was installed. Sense the install the boiler sounded like a jet engine taking off in the house, an easy fix though the boiler was just over fired and needed a tune up. Yes brand new oil unit from the box require a tune up. The real problem was the water heater would not run sense day one. The other company spent days with no luck until they were kicked off the job.
Tempers flared between the owner and the company and I don't blame the owner at all. There was a major oil leak that caused the house to smell the high he'll (i did not witness this) the house did smell though.
After I arrived and identified the problem within a few minutes based on the sound of the water heater i found the supply fuel line was completely plugged with sludge causing not enough fuel to get to the burners. How they could not find this very simple problem is beyond me. Either way I cleaned the lines fixed the kinks in the brand new line they installed and tuned the systems and now everything runs as it should.
Moral.of the story its not always the size of the company that matters its the give a s**t of the people doing the work. Make sure you find someone that gives a s**t about their work.
Call me at RedneckRepair HVAC i give a s**t about what im doing.