After years of building their plumbing & heating businesses the guys are tasked with looking back on how they got to today and what they would do different if they started over. Listen as Eric & Andy answer a listener question of "what would you do different if you could go back in time and start your business knowing what you know now." Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up:...
Jun 15, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 222
Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email
May 16, 2023•12 min•Season 6Ep. 221
The guys sit down with Denver Baker @mdheat.hvac (IG) to learn how he got started and grew his hvac business in Michigan. Denver’s experience includes growth and cutting back to a more manageable level. Sometimes big isn’t always better. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
May 11, 2023•50 min•Season 6Ep. 220
We need kids in the trades and college. It’s pretty simple to understand but why can’t we all agree on that? Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
May 09, 2023•15 min•Season 6Ep. 219
The guys talk vans and van build-outs after recovering a DM from IG’s @abbldgoperator Victor from Alberta Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
May 04, 2023•52 min•Season 6Ep. 218
The guys talk hydronic system design software in this week’s bonus episode Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email
May 02, 2023•22 min•Season 6Ep. 217
Want to expand the crew? How do you figure out what to charge your customers for their labor? Do you have enough money available to pay them? These are things that matter as you consider growing. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Apr 27, 2023•21 min•Season 6Ep. 216
We’ve all got one or two things we hate about our job no matter how much we enjoy the rest of it. The guys talk about their least favorite part of being plumbers. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Apr 24, 2023•38 min•Season 6Ep. 215
Eric and Andy talk about lawn mowers and other totally random thoughts in the BS session. Ever heard of a vole? Are they real? Should we be paying for lawn mowers? Hard hitting questions the world needs answered. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Apr 20, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 214
Eric and Andy recap some of the highlights of the ISH show in Frankfurt, Germany Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email
Apr 18, 2023•18 min•Season 6Ep. 213
What’s it like being the coolest Red Seal plumber on the island of Newfoundland? Listen to Danielle “Twig” Browne in this episode of MTGA and you’ll get to know her a bit more. Twig has been a longtime proponent of being a good friend and mentor to anyone and everyone, please follow her over on IG or TikTok at @thelittlestplumber Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/...
Apr 13, 2023•52 min•Season 6Ep. 212
It can be worth it and pay off in the end if you access how things are going, in life or in business, and identify some areas where you need to improve. The guys talk about things they need to work on in their own businesses. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Apr 11, 2023•14 min
Special guest, legend Andy Cam @i_love_plumbing sits down with us in Frankfurt, Germany at the ISH Trade Fair podcast studio for an awesome conversation about his long career as a plumbing and heating pro in the U.K. Andy hosts The Heating & Plumbing Show on FIX Radio in London with his cohost Todd Glister. Andy is the real deal, a class act and fun to talk with, we hope you enjoy our conversation about so many different things we deal with every day as plumbing and heating contractors. Send...
Apr 06, 2023•45 min•Season 6Ep. 210
Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email
Apr 04, 2023•13 min•Season 6Ep. 209
Ever wonder what it takes to start with a product idea and turn that idea into an actual thing? Webstone Senior Product Manager Lisa Lyon sits down with us and friend of the show Travis Abaire, owner of TAP Plumbing & Heating, to talk about Webstone's Customer Council and how an idea turns into a real product we can use on our jobs. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://...
Mar 30, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 208
Janik Tscheschlok, sales manager at REMS Tools in Waiblingen, Germany joins the guys at the famous German tool factory. The guys talk with Janik about their tour of the factory and more. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 28, 2023•11 min•Season 6Ep. 207
The boys chat it up with Red Seal Tech Jason Norman, HVAC_JAY604 about trades life in Canada. Check it out to get a few service tips for the guys. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 23, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 206
IG’s Thatsteamfitterguy writes in to ask where do you find industry training. We share a few of our favorite places to get online and in person training. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 21, 2023•20 min•Season 6Ep. 205
Navien’s Dave Hoskyn talks tech support and how to succeed in the field. Manufacturers spend time and money to offer tech support for us in the field. Some do it better than others without a doubt. Our guest has been on the other end of the phone and in front of the training classroom for many years and has some advice for us all on how to be successful when we need a lifeline. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelso...
Mar 16, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 204
Eric and Andy talk about organization woes when it comes to being on the run and taking customer information and project details. How do you keep track of the details. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 14, 2023•15 min•Season 6Ep. 203
Andy recounts a recent project where a simple detail has caused stress in the project and with the homeowner. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 09, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 202
The guys have a bs session and we learn something about Eric that apparently he's embarrassed about. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 07, 2023•13 min•Season 6Ep. 201
Ever thought about switching jobs? How about completely changing the industry or trade altogether? This week the guys take some messages from listeners asking advice about switching careers. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Mar 02, 2023•21 min•Season 6Ep. 200
Sorry folks we had some technical difficulties, so we’re going to take a look back today at an episode from days past! Hope you enjoy it again! Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Feb 28, 2023•12 min•Season 6Ep. 199
Live from AHR with guests Michael Provenzano, Director of Pressing, RIDGID Jim Vild, Atlanta Territory Manager, RIDGID The guys talk about Ridgid tools and the company who makes some of the finest piping tools in the industry. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Feb 23, 2023•30 min•Season 6Ep. 198
If you're like us then there are boxes of junk piled up from the long winter. Its time to tackle the cleanup effort and take inventory of those extra tools and materials if you want to increase efficiency! Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Feb 21, 2023•17 min•Season 6Ep. 197
The guys invited home builder, building science nerd, licensed electrician and mechanical contractor Travis Brungardt of Catalyst Construction. Whew! What a resumé and what an awesome conversation! Travis and the guys talk about the builder & subcontractor relationship, interviewing to join the next build project and more. You can find Travis over on IG: @catalystbuilt and as a regular contributor on buildshownetwork.com Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social ...
Feb 17, 2023•58 min•Season 6Ep. 196
The guys sit down during AHR Expo in Atlanta to talk with a friend of MTGA, founder of hvactactical.com and @hvactactical on IG, Ben Poole. Ben's passion to put a spotlight on blue collar workers is so strong he created the HVAC Tactical Awards, a black tie event bringing hvac workers from all over North America. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Feb 14, 2023•17 min•Season 5Ep. 195
What happens when you screw up and order the wrong equipment? Well, if you handle it like Andy did then you're already set...no need to listen...go check out our the episode with the Aussie Apprentice. Handling problems on the fly is never easy. Andy tells us a story of a recent mistake he caused and we discuss some ways to keep it from happening again along with the rare occasion when we bust into some heating talk. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels...
Feb 09, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 194
Eric and Andy talk about specialty tools and the question of sticking with one battery platform or buying into specialty tool platforms. Send us a text Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email...
Feb 07, 2023•17 min•Season 5Ep. 193
