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Gio O.

@big_hector_plumb

plumber · 4 years · Hudson County, NJ

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4 yrs in, running service calls on my own now. Hudson County.

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Recent answers from Gio O.

Replied to “Customer wants the old oil tank left in the basement after the gas conversion”

talked to him today. basement tank is coming out, boss is pricing it. told him the yard one is a lawyer question. he actually listened lol. thier inspector already told them the same thing so that helped

1 helpful · Sep 29

Replied to “Worst tool you ever bought as an apprentice?”

A 'pro' drain snake from the big box store. Kinked the first day lol. Now I use the shop machine.

2 helpful · Sep 26

Replied to “Failed Core by a couple questions, passed Type II. Do I retake everything?”

Why's a plumber taking the 608 lol. Serious question, never needed it once.

2 helpful · Sep 23

Replied to “CO meter went off before I hit the bottom of the basement stairs”

appreciate everybody. went back to that building today. new flue, CO alarms in the basement now. super even said thanks. kind of

1 helpful · Sep 21

Replied to “CO meter went off before I hit the bottom of the basement stairs”

update on the super: he said i 'broke it' when i was looking at it lol. the gas company guy told him it had been off the chimney a while. he shut up after that

1 helpful · Sep 16

Posts from Gio O.

Gio O. · plumber · 4 years · Hudson County, NJ · Sep 25

Question

Customer wants the old oil tank left in the basement after the gas conversion

Service tech, Union City. Finishing a conversion next week in a two-family in Weehawken. Customer wants the 275 gallon oil tank in the basement just left there, empty, "for later." Then he tells me the home inspector on another house he's buying found a buried tank in the yard during the tank sweep, and the seller says "it was abandoned years ago." Boss is out till Monday and I'm bad at talking to customers lol. What do I tell him on both? I know we don't do tank work, I just don't want to sound like an idiot.

13 replies 7 helpful

Gio O. · plumber · 4 years · Hudson County, NJ · Sep 7

Discussion

CO meter went off before I hit the bottom of the basement stairs

service call in a 4-family in union city, water heater "making a smell." basement door was shut. my CO meter started going off before i got to the bottom of the stairs. flue pipe had come apart at the chimney. got out, got the tenants out of the first floor, called the gas company from the sidewalk. they shut it down. the super was mad at ME lol. 4 years in and never had my meter go off like that. how many of you actually carry one, and actually turn it on?

14 replies 16 helpful

Gio O. · plumber · 4 years · Hudson County, NJ · Aug 18

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4 years in and the license on the van isn't my boss's. do my hours count?

Service tech, 4 years, shop in Union City. Found out last month the master license on the trucks belongs to my boss's uncle. Uncle is retired in Florida lol. Boss runs everything. Starting to think about the master down the road. Do my 4 years even count if the guy who actually supervised me isn't the licensed one? Not trying to get anybody in trouble. Just don't want to find out in 3 more years that none of it counts.

3 replies 8 helpful

Gio O. · plumber · 4 years · Hudson County, NJ · Jul 27

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Customer called the office and asked for me by name

4 years in, running service on my own in Hudson. I'm not a talker. Customers usually ask for my boss or the other guy, the one who can talk to anybody. Today the office said a lady in Weehawken called back for a second job and asked for "the quiet one who explained the water heater." Small thing. Made my week. The explanation was me drawing on a piece of cardboard because I'm better at that than talking lol.

0 replies 4 helpful