Mikey pipes flys in with his cape and saves the day for the home owner.

National Grid said to call you really. I work in gas 37 years and no one was supposed to Recommend no one

Jeez, Mikey! That was quite the pressure drop when you pressurized that system! Customer is very lucky you solved that issue. Great work, as always Mikey! 👍

I knew a lot was concealed during this video and maybe you already know this trick but I sometimes use a little freon and then pump up with nitrogen to find small leaks when we test rough ins

You nearly knocked me out by smashing my face. That dryer gas line has a big kink in it. I was kinda thinking that might be it but no, Mikey pipes roots out the problem like a truffle pig. Well done. Thumbs up

Peter is lucky to be learning from Mikey Pipes 👍

Love the way you are bringing Peter along in the trade. Some humor and some harsh reminders . Some people over think the job or a question you ask but I found teaching a class for journeyman HAVC tech tests and Journeyman Electricians ; the guys who do not catch on right away when they knuckle down stay the trade longer than the quick learners.

I used to tell my Jewish friends working in the trades how come your not a doctor but as it turns out Mikey pipes is a real good doctor.a pipe doctor. Good job 👍

Good catch,you may have saved a few lives today,it's never pretty when a house blows up from a gas leak. I would be looking into who installed that system,probably un-permitted by a guy moonlighting,WTF,again good catch!!

I will repeat again!!! The west coast has roger wakefield And here in the east coast we have to the big guy mike pipe!!! 🤜🏼🤛🏼... I love this guy from new york!!!

Presume union got loosened as a function of monkeying with pipes during water heater and furnace installation. Thank goodness you were recommended to come out and assess the situation. God smiled on that family today with you as their savior.

Most home owners don't know building code and you hope you have the right contractors to do the job right. I think the building inspector failed them. It could be the inspector inspected the home after the basement was finished. Usually I think it should have been inspected before the drywall installed. But what do I know I just watch your channel and the home owner was lucky to find you because I knew before watching this video that you would find the leak.. This is one of your best videos.. Great Job!!!

Hey Mike We use the c measurement in finish carpentry on a daily basis. Blonde is less than…. Cheers from Montana.

Thank goodness that she called you. Who knows what could have occured. I am hoping that the initial installer is going to be traced to ensure they never do such a stupid thing again.

Probably the worst I’ve seen was the customer complaint that she had another AC company replace her unit and smelled a strange odor from her vents. I went out and saw that the company didn’t want to move a gas pipe so they made a plenum around it with a gas cock inside the return plenum with a small leak😮‍💨 so you’re right you can’t make this stuff up!

That was a good find ... Who would put a union valve in a closed ceiling ? You may have saved lives ... Thx for sharing and your right , you can't make this s**t up ...

Good grief, what a nightmare! Way to stick with it Saint Mike! Great diagnosis and repair! 👏👍

@Mikey Pipes, Good job! Sounds like a blast to work for you. Even terrible things can be made enjoyable with the right attitude :)

ive seen loose unions before from vibrations of equipment.. but my guess here is that this stuff never truly passed the prressure test wyebn they put the furnace in .. . those pipes were being jarred around and prob just started the loosening of that union.. now its fall temps are dropping and rising at a pretty good rate .. prob worked a little more loose till - Leak! and of course it gets worse the looser it gets.. darn lucky to have holes in her ceiling instead of a FLAT condo...

LOL "Death Box incorporated machines"15:25 ,I was what are you talking about....? then I remembered the tankless "She's a Leaker" with connections made I just started laughing.

This is why a good technician is Observant of his surroundings....

That union is flat out BULLSHIT! Reminds me of when I found my aunt’s gas line leaking. Found a street 90 barely threaded. Soap bubbles came back in my face. Thank god for you Mikey Pipes. Professionalism at its finest.

That’s insane! And the gas company should’ve followed the pipe from the utility room and they would’ve found a stronger scent

Now that was a great find . Good going man . The main thing is this lady did not die in an explosion she will live to get over the price.

How did National Grid not find the leak? I work for a gas company and you clock the meter for 15 mins. Those leaks would have definitely made the dials move. If we can’t find the location of the leak on the fuel line we shut off the gas at the meter and the customer must call to have gas turned back on when leaks are fixed.

Buy yourself a Bascom Turner CGI 🤙 I used to do gas leak emergency calls before I worked for myself and can find any leak with it as long as the meter is calibrated every month and proven to work.

Nice work on gas job!!👍🏽👍🏽

And that is why I always put a little pipe dope on the connection.

WTF unbelievable. National grid should shutoff the gas meter. You can’t make this shit up. Good Job Mikey.

Mikey @ 4:58 look at the dryer line smashed hard lower left bet its cracked a smidge rite there it got slammed hard to for that to happen..

Omg those kind of customers are hard to deal with 🤦‍♂️🤣 , I was dying laughing when the customer heard mikey say the customer didn't want to open the ceiling cause of the hourly rate 😅

Hard to believe that gas was not smelled a long time ago shortly after that union was installed.

You can have a union in a run, but not behind sheetrock. Unless it is different in long island. Tuff to find those leaks.

WOW! Save money and go with the lowest bid contractor- you get what you pay for. I wonder how many other gas lines these dudes have jacked up. Great job Mikey!

Great video kinda surprised that the gas company couldn't find that leak but great job looking out for your clients safety

Leak Test in Ontario is 15 psi. for 15 minutes.

God bless you Mikey P. What a great job you did. Homeowner could have a explosive god for Bid You Saved them Mikey P you are a true blessing to hvac trade keep up amazing job man!!

We used to test suspect helium lines. Crank it up from 300 to 500 and get the bubble patrol out. Pretty scarey but you'll find the culprit.(most of the time)

Hey Mikey, every gas test gauge specifically says to NOT use a air compressor, instead a bicycle pump. That small compressor will blow that gauge making you think you have a leak when you dont. ASK ME HOW I KNOW?!?!?!

Left right coupling

Wish you would of shown how you took out union and replaced it

My question is similar to the ones farther down in the comment section …… what was done to correct this …….was the union tightened …….or was it eliminated?

Mike I think the handyman did the pipe job… I can tell by those Chinese fittings

That's what we call dropping like a clock

First thing I do is clock the gas meter, watching the 1/2 foot mark. If that dial moves (no gas use) there is a leak.

I surprised who ever installed these gas pipes they did not do a pressure test because when I built my second home and before they hooked the gas main to the house they did a pressure test for leaks. If I can remember they pressurized the system at the end of the day and checked it the next day if I recall.. They were lucky and no leaks.. It could have been the gas company that did the check. I do know each connections had a check mark to show each connections were checked. I was told St.Louis has some strict codes.

Hacks bring me stacks 🤩

In Ontario you can have a union is a gas pipe system and doesn’t need to be at an appliance but it can never be concealed. Are you permitted to use Viega Mega press gas fittings in your area? They make a slip coupling that would make it an easy fit

So what happened to all the holes in the wall? Couldn't you have done the soap bubble test after cutting away each sheet rock, one by one?

We use 15psi, 15 minutes for static test, state requires less. Passes every time.

Good to see ya !!

At least they put a plug in the valve hidden in the wall

We’ve had a few houses blow up from gas leaks in the last 15 years or so one was 3 blocks from my house it knocked the house off it’s foundation and I barely noticed it and about 2 months ago there was one that blew up about 1.5 miles from my house it demolished the house and apartment building behind it and scattered debris all over doing damage to a lot of other houses that one was felt across the city I thought something hit my house. A gas leak isn’t something to mess up get it fixed asap.

that is f----- scary!! the reno must have been recently done!!!

12:42 He says "unions are not allowed in pipe runs; only at the termination of fixtures" BUT, in the video description it says "2010 Fuel Gas Code of NY 404.3 Piping in Concealed Locations which clearly states: portions of a piping system installed in concealed locations shall not have unions, " Which one is correct? 1. Unions not permitted in any pipe runs, whether concealed or not concealed? 2. Unions are permitted in pipe runs as long as they are not concealed? This is New York code. What does the national USA code say?

This video was so good, I hit the thumbs up button twice.

Saint Mike to the rescue!

We didn’t see what you put in place of that Union on camera what did you put in place

Awesome, dude!

Nice work. You didn't. For others watching don't use plain soap on csst corrugated stainless steel tubing flex. Yellow flex lines. It can corrode and make them leak.

Good job Mike, need to school Peter more.

Mikey P fittings due leak it happens. But Man that union was completely lose my guess they never tightened union..

WOW THATS CRAZY THAT LOOSE.

That lady is very lucky she didnt go boom when turning on the lights or something. Crazy.

In these situations where you have identified an existing code violation are you permitted to simply tighten the nut on the union or are you required to actually remove the violation and run a new (union-less) gas line??

Epic work epic find good job $$$$$

nice job as always....

Should have bought the gad company gas leak warranty...lol

Great video Mikey!

Did I hear a ,Loose as a goose mamma in there?? Lol.

dryer gas flex looks kinked on left side unless its angle im at. they should of used shorter flex

dude you found that shit nice... Hacks bring stacks baby

I know it’s against code. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I’ve put a union in a drywall ceiling before. Leak tested it. Secured it like a mfer. I screwed the piece I cut out with only 2 screws. And wrote gas union here in big sharpie. As well as left a note on furnace, water heater.I told the customer, if you change anything that I did, it must have an easily accessible door or something. And be loudly labeled. We didn’t do the door because we were losing money before this shit show popped up. I’m sure this is technically against code. But there was no way to do it any other way with what the house looked like at the time

tell them to quit ripping & tooting. 🤣

Wow! Poor owner! The house could have burnt up to the ground😱🔥

That’s crazy but lucky them you saved them could’ve been life or death!

Hack job but that’s why you never drywall a basement ceiling. Drop ceiling is way better. Probably a bunch of electrical junction box covered as well.

When I was a Paramedic we had a house 5 blocks from our station explode from a gas leak .. Killed the lady and severely injured her husband.... Gas leaks are one of the most serious calls we do and never take them lightly

You should start installing natural gas detectors as a part of new installs involving natural gas. Just an idea.

So after you done the final pressure test, did you do a leak test on the complete system to make sure none of the gas valves and the appliances were leaking??? And also why can't you have a union on piping? That must be a local code yeah you can't conceal a union but having it in a normal pipe ruin like under a house shouldn't be a problem

I like her answer it smell like gas 😅😅

The house was about to blow sky high and they worried about hourly rate to cut holes you should have shown them videos of blown up houses lol I wonder if they really grasped just how close they came from not being on this earth

That lady knew nothing gas piping that’s for sure

So did you remove the union? Megapress, or threaded coupler?

7:00 dropping like a rock! she's a hissing somewhere! I've seen some shortcuts and hacks before, but my god was that water heater and furnace install terrible.

Idiots messing with water is bad. Idiots working on gas and electricity are deadly. Keep picking up those stacks Doc

You almost said a new catchphrase, "Hanks bring me banks."

Question. If the main gas valve is off and there is no gas how are you still able to do soap bubble test?

A tradesmen that don’t swear is no tradesman….😂😂

How did that ever pass inspection? Loose is loose. That's why you test at 100 mph not 55.

Old timers use to put latex paint on all those threaded connections...

I WISH you'd talk about pricing sometimes.. lol I know why you don't but I'd just wonder what something like that would cost.. What if I guess and Mikey can say higher or lower.. I'm gonna call was $1700.. Then she's gonna need another $750 to get all those holes fixed, $400 if she knows somebody.. Just a guess though.. But.. Having a big ass gas leak - can't put a price on that.. GREAT JOB INSPECTOR MIKEY!

Well done and good calls on handling the situation. Untighten, Wish you had it on film cutting the drywall open and finding the illicit loose union in one take that would have sunk someone. Better than a doorbell leveling the building. What hack did the install, and who is responsible for this mess. Will there be filing report'S licensed or not. Was a permit pulled, think insurance will cover the bill after paid or do they want a pre-authorization prior to the -oscopy. Is the NFPA worth there salt and worthy of a copy, dues?. oscopy

Wow what hack installed that union.

When you pressurize the line to 4 PSI, have you ever ruined the integrity of an on/off valve? Ive been told that it needs to be pressurizied while the system is capped (this makes the process way longer.)

Did grid shut gas off and say to call you, or leave on and say to call you?

Yo Mike im 24 i love you guys make me laugh BABY

I found a gas leak on a tuneup the other day, customer said he’s gonna keep an eye on it😂🤦🏽‍♂️

Brass union

What a pressure test lol