Dynamic Plumbing, Heating and A/C

04/01/2019

Apparently we’ve been doing it wrong all along. Someone believed that plumbers putty will stop a gas leak. In reality, it won’t.

03/24/2019

You never know what you’ll find when you cut open a ceiling to fix a problem, you may just find another. This piercing valve for a refrigerator was covered with drywall. The type of plastic line that’s connected to it is notorious for breaking with age. Can you just imagine the panic that there would be if that water line broke?

03/15/2019

Here’s one difference between a building maintenance person and a plumber. The plumber knew that the retainer should have been locked in place to avoid flooding a local business office. Luckily we were called to fix a running toilet and avoided that disaster for the client. The fill valve was working its was up and off the lower part. If it would have made it a few more inches, a full stream of water would have pushed the tank lid off and flooded the space. Imagine if that had happened when no one was there...

03/14/2019

This is a very busy wall. It has 3 sinks, 2 water fountains, a lavatory drain, vents for the floor drain and toilet and a water heater drain pan that empties into an open sight drain.

03/14/2019

That’s a busy wall. There are 3 sinks, 2 water fountains, a vent for a floor drain and toilet, lavatory sink and a drain for a water heater pan that drops into an open sight drain.

03/06/2019

How about a new washer box for a Tuesday afternoon. Drywall will be repaired by someone else.

03/01/2019

Started the day with a little digging and then some piping for a couple of sinks and a floor drain.

02/26/2019

Mike Rowe

Thought provoking... You can only imagine how many "safety" issues there can be in the Plumbing, Heating and A/C and Electrical trades and the plethora of safety meetings and precautions made. Be careful out there.

S.W.E.A.T. #6

Historically, #6 has generated more conversation than any other tenet of the pledge, and more controversy than all the others combined. Why? Because the notion of personal responsibility has become politicized, especially with regard to assigning blame.

Today, many people feel that telling an employee that "their safety is their responsibility," somehow lets the employer off the hook whenever accidents occur. This argument however, misses the point. The point is not to figure out who's responsible in the wake of an accident. The point is to not have an accident in the first place. And that requires workers to understand a very simple truth; just because you're in compliance, doesn't mean you're out of danger.

On a personal level, I'm mindful that many of the scholarships I offer lead to jobs where risk is a reality. This tenet is an integral part of the pledge because frankly, I don't want to train individuals who believe their safety is someone else's responsibiity. Because those people often get hurt.

Give this video a look, and share it if you're on board. And if you or someone you know wants to learn a skill that's in demand, apply for a work ethic scholarship today. mikeroweWORKS.org/scholarship.

And be careful out there...

02/24/2019

Seems easy enough to replace this faucet but once you look underneath to find how it mounts, there seems to be nothing there to take loose. This is where knowledge and experience comes in play. This faucet has a special mounting sequence that involves a long Allen wrench and a couple of hidden clips.

02/23/2019

Innocent thermal expansion tank…until it springs a leak in its side.

02/20/2019

We recently were called to fix a couple toilets at a local church. The main water needed to be turned off to complete the repair. During that process the 30 plus year old valve began to leak around the handle. The 2” valve had to be replaced immediately since the leak could not be stopped any other way. This just shows that you just never know when a simple repair can turn into a bigger job.

01/27/2019

How often should you replace your washer hoses? Every 3 to 5 years if they are rubber but they should be inspected annually. Yes, they should have a date on them.

01/24/2019

We were called out for a leaking washer pan and found this with the plastic pan. The rubber gasket was on the wrong side of the pan and the hole was too large. A new custom metal pan and a correctly installed gasket will give this homeowner some peace of mind.

01/09/2019

Mayhem

I guess you could have good homeowners insurance and try to fix it yourself or call a pro and take the worry out of the problem all together.

I’m Chris with a tale of power tools and property damage. See if it airs on the National Championship Game 1/11.

12/27/2018

Have you checked your water heater lately? We caught this one just in time. It was leaking when we arrived.

12/17/2018

Happy Holidays from my family to yours.

11/24/2018

Even the best materials installed improperly fail. Once again we find a compression valve installed on CPVC with a brass ferrule instead of a plastic ferrule. The brass ferrule is easily overnighted and with some time the pipe cracks. Then it leaks. It’s a relatively easy fix but the damage to the ceiling below won’t be.

11/13/2018

Do you have a slow tub drain? It could be hair. This homeowner had tried chemicals to clear this drain but they didn’t work. Sometimes you just need a little brute force and the right drain machine.

10/31/2018

Another broken CPVC valve. The lawn irrigation company was out to winterize the system and the handle snapped off. Two new valves and it’s all back in order.

10/20/2018

Doing a heat checkup today and find this blower improperly installed. Come to find out, it’s been like this for 3 years. It’s an easy fix but shouldn’t have happened to begin with.

10/19/2018

It can be mesmerizing...

10/17/2018

No heat call. There were 2 deceased birds in the induced draft motor. We just never know what we will find or challenge we will run into.

10/12/2018

Sometimes things just fail. Most likely this fan was out of balance and if detected this could possibly have been prevented.

10/05/2018

It’s not very often we get to work on an air conditioner on a roof of a home much less a townhouse. Not a big fan to be honest.

10/03/2018

Why doesn’t the garbage disposal work anymore? That’s because it’s worn out. Here’s pics of old and new. Big difference. Maybe it’s time to replace yours.

10/02/2018

Slow sink drain? Maybe it wasn’t installed correctly, then we see this. The pics are of the same lavatory drain that were installed using the wrong parts. Yes, it may work when first done but after time the incorrect 90 will stop up and be impossible to get a snake through. It’s intended for a vent in the drainage system where dirty water will never travel or need to be snaked.

09/28/2018

Wow this water pressure is way too high. Perfect for the fire sprinklers but bad for everything else in the house. High water pressure can cause noisy toilets, water hammer from fast closing valves and damage rubber washers and cartridges in fixtures. We installed a pressure reducing valve and were able to get the pressure to a normal level.

09/26/2018

This client’s complaint was “hot water was too hot and there is a weird smell coming from the water heater”. They turned it off and we found this. The lower thermostat had stuck on and melted down. Burned a hole right through it. Just a couple new thermostats and new piece of wire and it’s back in order and heating water properly.

09/21/2018

Out with the old and in with the new.

09/20/2018

Not all water heaters are easy to get to but we got this one done. Old one out and new one in with new expansion tank and drain pan. We changed the sump pump too.

09/18/2018

Plumbing may be relatively straight forward but there are little subtitle differences between good and bad parts. This flapper was newly installed by a handy homeowner that was still frustrated by a running toilet. After a closer examination we found that the new part was bad.

09/14/2018

Accidents happen and things go where they shouldn’t go. This object was dropped “accidentally” in this toilet by a very active toddler and then flushed. Luckily, it didn’t go very far (just out of sight) and a very aware mother knew something was wrong and called Dynamic. We were able to see it in the passage way with one of our flexible cameras and fish it out.

09/07/2018

When you work on a roof, sometimes you need to bring your own shade.

09/03/2018

We were recently asked to complete a bathroom that was partially roughed in by a previous owner. We broke open the floor where the tub drain “should” have been and found nothing. We then opened the wall and found this open drain inside the wall. Things like this cause weird, unexplainable odors that are hard to track down.

08/27/2018

Recently changed an inoperative sub meter in a commercial property. We added a check valve to prevent the meter from running backwards. Pressure drops in commercial properties can cause this but the check valve stops it. Also prevents cross contamination from back flow from adjacent spaces.

08/22/2018

We were recently called out to fix a leak from a shower. We found an improperly installed shower drain with a now comprised shower pan. The only fix is to replace the shower pan. This was definitely installed by an unskilled person. Know who you are hiring.

08/20/2018

The first picture is a partially clogged gas line due to an installer that was a little heavy handed with pipe dope. The second picture is what it should be like. Just never know what we will find.

08/17/2018

We found the leak. This fitting was put together when the house was built approximately 18 years ago. We think this leak has been here all along since the fitting was just past hand tight.

08/02/2018

Can a small insect, like an ant, stop a heat pump from cooling? Yes, it can. This contactor stopped conducting electricity when several ants had gotten between the tips. No electricity means no compressor and no cooling.

07/31/2018

One of the first things Dynamic does when replacing a sump pump is clean the pit. A lot of debris can collect over the years and can shorten the life of the pump. This client went with a dual pump setup. This provides dependability and peace of mind for years to come.

07/27/2018

Little closet, big water heater.

07/20/2018

Sometimes it’s more than just a capacitor like the internet searches lead you to believe. This unit wouldn’t start when we arrived. Yes the capacitor was bad but the potential relay and start capacitor were bad also. We’re not saying this is always the case but sometimes it’s worth calling a professional.

07/14/2018

Ready for some drywall and then sinks.

07/02/2018

Untitled Album

06/29/2018

We are experiencing phone issues at the moment. Comcast is having a nationwide outage and it is affecting us.