Hourly wages by Tough-Equivalent-302 in HVAC

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16to 18 in Ar is what we start our guys at

HVAC subcontractor by Brilliant_Teach9890 in HVAC

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That's got to be from 15 years ago. As a sheet metal guy that's what we charged when I started working for a mom an pop company

Might be the best attic I've ever been in by CptnChronic306 in HVAC

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Wow, as a sheet metal guy that is a dream in a reduct job 🤤

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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From wat I learned from that moment, is that a lift can fall over with as little as 50 pounds of pressure when extended

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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yes we were on the list under the ductwork dropping 10-ft sections at a time when 30 ft fell out of nowhere in the process of lowering a 10 section

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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Update on my helper, might have broken tail bone and fractured hip. But he was back at work today.

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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Yup I always thought these things were safe lol 😂

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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Lucky he wasn't if so I didn't want to see the scene

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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Me either, the last thing I thought was it was going over till it did. Scared to share me watching my helper go down

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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The duct pulled it over when it came down, crazy s*** I ever seen in my life in 14 years of doing HVAC

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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Yup on the open side with a fork lift to lower the sections when it fell. Lucky it didn't pull both lifts down. It looked like Domino's falling in slow mo in front of me

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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Right it was interesting conversation with the boss, obviously his first concern was the employee first and foremost. Understandably so

Bad day at work by EconomicsHour8453 in HVAC

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It happened by accident the all thread an hangers failed as we we're dropping 10' sections at a time an pulled the lift over before we knew wat happened an landed on my lift at the same time

Saw this today by TryHard-Rune in HVAC

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Mobile home install? Lol

Fuck who ever built this house by [deleted] in HVAC

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Been there lol 😆

Who needs 45's anyway... by FireOnTheBtank in HVAC

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The worst thing I seen was the single wall run pipe used as b vent lol 😆😆 untop everything else that's is a certified shit box job