Reliable Trades Podcast

Ben Thomson runs his own business in Canada, HVAC Strong Mechanical. And yes you guessed it, he's actually a power lifter from Scotland. But being the strongest HVAC person you can find, he opens up about the harsh reality of what it's really like running a business along with raising a family, some of which don't live anywhere near him. We all deal with stress and mental issues differently but it exists. We'll discuss some of the problems and solutions to our own obstacles, and if you ever want to share yours please reach out. Ben has made it known on social media that we need to talk about these things more openly and has gathered some stories from different people that want to share on his page. Find HVAC Strong on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hvac_strong?igsh=em51Z2o1bGZoanUy*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comCallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Devin Cooley joins us to talk about what they've been cooking up over at NVIRIQ, formally known as SUNTRAC. With the technology of using the sun's heat as a booster of sorts as an accessory to existing equipment, they decided to go all in on making their own HVAC equipment now. From learning what it takes to install and maintain these accessory panels to building a new AC system from the ground up and keeping the technician in mind, listen to his journey and why they are invested in renewable cooling.Follow them on IG:https://www.instagram.com/currentpreneur?igsh=b3Q3dmJkcHA0dW9ihttps://www.instagram.com/nviriq?igsh=MTA2dnluYmF2cmxibg==*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comCallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

We have Jon with Danfoss joining us to talk about some A2L misconceptions and issues that are arising in the HVAC industry due to the refrigerant transition. We also discuss what Danfoss has been working on with their components to help techs out in the field and solutions they are offering. Jon was also in the Marines and we talk about how he got into the HVAC industry.For more info check out:https://www.danfoss.com/en-us*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comCallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Cody Beck comes on the show to talk heat rejection and what drives him in the HVAC industry. From residential to commercial & industrial work, he's been enjoying the trade while trying to balance having a young son at home, family time. Follow him on IG:https://www.instagram.com/the.heat.reject?igsh=ZmdneTBiZmg5MTFr*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comCallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Marc joins the show and opens up about being in the music industry and having the pandemic come crashing down on his plans. Dealing with addiction, being homeless and not knowing where to turn, he decided to turn his life around and got thru it. Once he was back on his feet, he landed in HVAC and as they say HVAC chose him.Follow him on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hvacmarksman?igsh=MWJpbGgxb2puMjdubw==*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comAIREX:#1 choice in the PRO HVAC industry for wall refrigerant piping penetration outlet seals and outdoor refrigerant piping insulation protectionhttps://airexmfg.com/CallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Marc joins the show and opens up about being in the music industry and having the pandemic come crashing down on his plans. Dealing with addiction, being homeless and not knowing where to turn, he decided to turn his life around and got thru it. Once he was back on his feet, he landed in HVAC and as they say HVAC chose him.Follow him on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hvacmarksman?igsh=MWJpbGgxb2puMjdubw==*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comAIREX:#1 choice in the PRO HVAC industry for wall refrigerant piping penetration outlet seals and outdoor refrigerant piping insulation protectionhttps://airexmfg.com/CallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Andrew aka HVAC Disciple joins us to talk about his journey thru Trade school and working with his best friend. Coming from a single mom household and having no prior mechanical skills, he looked up some info on trades and landed on HVAC. We'll talk about learning on the fly, trying different things in the industry and what the young generation should know prior to getting to the trades.Follow him on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hvac_disciple?igsh=bG41NXdwdXNkc2czTiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@hvac.disciple?_t=ZT-8wfaRfA41ni&_r=1*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comAIREX:#1 choice in the PRO HVAC industry for wall refrigerant piping penetration outlet seals and outdoor refrigerant piping insulation protectionhttps://airexmfg.com/CallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Andrew aka HVAC Disciple joins us to talk about his journey thru Trade school and working with his best friend. Coming from a single mom household and having no prior mechanical skills, he looked up some info on trades and landed on HVAC. We'll talk about learning on the fly, trying different things in the industry and what the young generation should know prior to getting to the trades.

Follow him on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hvac_disciple?igsh=bG41NXdwdXNkc2cz

Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@hvac.disciple?_t=ZT-8wfaRfA41ni&_r=1

*This Podcast is sponsored by:

JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACR

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CallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zj

Resideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/

Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/

Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Kristin Gallop, the president of Women In HVACR joins us to talk about her unique path into the HVAC trade and what it means to her. We also go over what the organization does with mentoring and helping people navigate their way in the trade.For more info visit:http://www.womeninhvacr.org*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comAIREX:#1 choice in the PRO HVAC industry for wall refrigerant piping penetration outlet seals and outdoor refrigerant piping insulation protectionhttps://airexmfg.com/CallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades

Randy Giroux joins us to talk about his experience in the AutoTech National Championship and being a multiple winner in the competition. We go over his journey as an auto mechanic and why he enjoys it so much as well as some car talk and where the industry has gone with new technology.For more information about the Elite Trades Championship Series please visit:http://www.elitetrades.global/*This Podcast is sponsored by:JOBBER: Get FREE TRIAL & DISCOUNT on Jobber software to run your business~https://jobber.grsm.io/ReliableHVACRVETO PRO PAC:Check out my page on Veto's site and all their new tool bags coming outhttps://vetopropac.com/customer_profiles/adrian-garcia/LOKAL HQ:Digital Marketing for HVAC Contractorshttps://lokalhq.com/hvac-marketing/*Mention me or this podcast to get 2 Free months of SEODIVERSITECHSimplify your work, they have everything a contractor needs to complete a jobhttp://www.diversitech.comAIREX:#1 choice in the PRO HVAC industry for wall refrigerant piping penetration outlet seals and outdoor refrigerant piping insulation protectionhttps://airexmfg.com/CallRail:Call tracking + AI that turns calls into campaigns that convert https://partners.callrail.com/4kv6brzst6zjResideo:https://www.resideo.com/us/en/Represented by:PROSREPShttps://www.phcppros.com/Check out HVAC Knights:https://youtube.com/@HVACKnights?si=yRgaEGBXyuxqEUMT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ONE LINK TO STAY UP TO DATE, FOLLOW ME ON ALL PLATFORMS~~http://www.reliablehvacr.net#hvac #refrigeration #reliablehvacr #podcast #tradeschool #skilledtrades