Alexandria, VA

arrived at location for snaking multiple kitchen floor drains, ran about 150ft to the main cleaning the line which was full of grease,.noticed that the dishwasher drain was still backing up, threw a cable down there running 40ft of cable then the line was clear. no issues occured after that The customer informed us that their main line was backing up. Upon arrival, the customer informed us that multiple drains were backing up in different places in the kitchen. Went back out to the truck to get the k-50 and the k-1500. setup equipment , once the equipment was set up, we then walked around to find the nearest clean out to the floor drain so that we could clear the blockage. once the clean out was open, I can observe high-level water in the pipe, indicating that theirs a blockage somewhere along the line. using the k-1500, I went approximately 180 ft inside of the drain. ran hot water while snaking the line to break up any grease or particles blocking the flow of water for proper drain

Water Going From Hot to Cold Frequently: arrived onsite, found inconsistent hot water at all home fixtures. checked power going to water heater as well as upper/lower thermostats and elements. water heater only 1 year old. believe 38 gallon unit is undersized for home - could try installing mixing valve on top of water heater to fix issue. tenant/owner situation and owner not onsite

Customer notified us and advised that they would like for us to find their water shut off and to also winterize the building. the customer advised that their was a lock box on the back of the building to gain access. once inside the building, I searched every room on the first and second floor. upon searching, i discovered the sprinkler valves and shutdown valves. also , on the outside of the building, there was a valve about 10ft below the ground where a special toop is needed to tune the valve on and off l. I turned the valve off, hoping that it was the main water shutoff, but unfortunately, it was the shutoff for the sprinkler system itself. I continued to search through the building, but I was unable to find a shutoff inside of the building. I called john to try to get a helping hand, trying to find the valve.john arrived on site, and we started to walk around the while perimeter of the building. couldn't figure out where the shutoff was inside of the building. l. We then headed ba

arrived onsite, 2 floor drains in kitchen backed up. floor drain that was easiest to access had grate on it that couldn't be easily removed. had to snake floor drain underneath cabinets in kitchen hallway. snaked approximately 30 feet with K-50. noticed a lot of white grease on cables while removing them from drain. ran faucets while removing cables and while cleaning up. cleaned up and removed all job related debris. arrived back at the job site and they had 2 drains clug. first I try to use the k50 but I try to use different tips but the was not vending to go there the trap... I called conned for her because he has a tipe that is bended for this type of situation . once it finally went threw the trap I ran bout 75' ft of cable to make sure the line is clear.. ran it bout 2 times in and out to make sure it knock anything that was making clogged. once I was done I ran water for about 15 min. collected all my tools and clean my work area.

arrived onsite, lobby ceiling to the right of entrance appeared to be wet. set up ladder and drop cloths and cut out large area of ceiling. viewed mostly PVC storm drain lines but all were dry and did not see any cracks. found one 3/4" copper water line as well. advised manager to keep the ceiling open for now and see if the situation happens again because currently I do not see any issues.

Locate Shut Off Valves In Building: arrived on site, called customer multiple times no answer ,left voicemail to customer. waited approximately 45 min for the customer to call back. the customer didn't respond. pack up and left job site. thanks for choosing Vito for your Commercial Plumbing 🙂

Radiator Leaking Through Ceiling: I arrived at my customer home for pipes replacement I drain the boiler system I removed and replaced old pipes going to the bedroom radiator refill the boiler system bleed all radiators and startup boiler system working properly at this time.

I arrived at my customer home for radiator leaking water I did a full system check and found one bad radiator valve I recommend a replacement of radiator valve I drain the boiler system removed and replaced one radiator valve refill boiler system bleed all radiators and startup boiler system run until the temperature reaches 170 boiler pipe expand and start leaking in the ceiling I asked customer for permission to open up the ceiling to see where the leak is coming from and I found pipes old and brittle needs to be replaced boiler system turned off at this time will return on Monday to fix pipes

Arrived at location, Customer advised that she was getting no water to any fixture. Turned up the water heater to see if we could heat up pipes. No water was coming out. then we took off the cartridge from the faucet to see and once I took it off and turn it on to spray if any debris was in there no luck at all. try the washer as well to see if a cycle of water would come out and you can hear the pump struggling to get water. then we found a main shut off in the main room and touched and tap the pipe, rock solid as in ice up.

Arrived at location, Customer wanted a quote on a Circulation pump. We looked that the pump, got the model information. We will be sending over a quote via email, the email will include parts and labor. If customer accepts the quote, the 90$ will be waived off. we will be in contact with the customer.

FALL MAINTENANCE ON ONE UNIT GOODMEN 80% GAS FURNACE 2009 OWNER/TENANT SITUATION I checked the filter and the tenant says she replaced it quarterly and it was okay and not clogged. . I checked the indoor blower wheel motor housing compartment and once I opened the door I felt a lot of heat hit my face. I checked the capacitor and found has lost a little capacitance. I checked blower amps found ok. I checked the Inducer draft motor and flue vent pipe found okay. Inducer amps ok. I checked the flame sensor and the Ignitor and found both have wear and tear and are no longer reliable. I checked and cleaned burners and heat exchanger. I checked all wiring and connections and all limits and safetys working okay. I got a temperature rise of 50 within the manufacturer recommended. Going back to the concern about the blower over heating. It can simply just simple wear and tear due to normal operation. I checked the filter and found it okay so that wouldn't cause it to over heat. All vents are

Commercial Property Hydro-Jet: arrived at location to hydro jet kitchen line done in p2, when jetting we noticed a large amount of grease that it also filled up the diameter of the pipe, we had to open different parts of the line inorder to get it from both side since then grease was so thick it was a bit harder just going in, in one motion. we cleared the line out and also went upstairs and dropped the jet down to clean the 90 that was clogged up since yesterday, clean line no leaks occured at this moment. the 90 was on the LL floor and the rest of the pipe we did which was only 2 line were in P1 .

Grease Backing Up In Restaurant: arrived at location for 4-inch line cast iron in P1 back up with grease, attempted to snake the line going up to try to clear it with the k-1500 but was giving us a hard time and the ammout of grease wasn't going to let through, we recommend having a seasonal hydro-jetting to avoid any more back up in the future, We will need to jet over. 300ft. also will need to replace 2in vent pipe cast iron on the ground level dude to it being broken and inorder to make the repair will need to go from down below and push another pipe up to connect full, unsure how it was broken saw it broke when approaching it.

FALL CHECK GAS FURNACE BOTTOM FLOOR #1 checked filter 16x25x1, checked indoor blower motor and wheel, cleaned and checked burners and heat exchanger, checked flame sensor, checked inducer draft motor and flue, checked all safeties and limits, checked hot surface ignitor, checked all water lines and tubes , checked condensate pump, checked temperature rise 35-65 , return air temperature 68 , supply air temperature 122 AIR TEMPERATURE MODEL NUMBER VG7TC 080D 35C1 SERIAL NUMBER VGG160950233 FALL CHECK TOP FLOOR HEAT PUMP #2 checked and replaced customer supplied filter 18x20x1 , checked indoor blower motor and wheel, checked all electrical wires safeties limits and connections, checked emergency heat return air temperature 69 , supply air temperature 115 , checked heat pump return air temperature 70, supply air temperature 96 , checked condenser motor and coil , checked capacitor and contactor, checked defrost board controls stat and operation, checked freon level liquid line tem

REPLACED INDUCER MOTOR TENANT/OWNER SITUATION Today I replaced an inducer motor on a gas furnace. we checked the full operations and limits and safetys. I let run for 30 mins to get the temperature and temp rise. As of right now the temperature ran heating with no problems. If there's any issues or concerns call VITO SERVICES thank you. I called the owner and collected payment OF $1425.00. He has a $75 coupon he wanted to use and I honered it. The total came out to $1350.00 and I collected it on MX merchant through the phone.

arrived on site, inform customer that all material and parts for the water heater had arrived and that I'll will be making repairs. once in the back area where the water heater was located I started to disassemble all the old parts. on the heater I unscrew the ignitor control box,unclip the igniter wire, and also unclip the sensors. once the sensors were out I noticed a difference in between the sensor that the manufacturer sent me and the sensor that was taken out of the heater. I quickly called tech support to figure out which sensor did I receive. upon further investigation I've been talking with tech support and they sent me the wrong sensor. advise tech support that I need it at igniter sensor instead of a flame sensor. Advised the customer that the manufacturer sent out the wrong sensor but however I did change out the old existing igniter box and wire with new ones. also, advised the customer that once the sensor comes in, I will return to install the sensor and then test to en

I arrived at my customer home for gas furnace not working I did a full system check and found one bad inducer fan motor I recommend a replacement of inducer fan motor or replace 2005 gas furnace customer like to replace inducer fan motor original part is unavailable there is a supersede which is available will return tomorrow mid-morning to install inducer fan motor and picked up full payment

Unit Runs Then Cuts Off, Set to 67 But Current Temperature 62: I arrived at customer home to do a full system leak check I added 400 PSI of nitrogen and found outdoor coil leaking I recommend replacements of outdoor unit outdoor unit is unavailable at this time I also recommend replacing the full system outdoor unit back ordered for 3 weeks I will email customer proposal for placement today system turned off at this time

Water Heater Leaking and Error Code: customer informed us that they had a water heater that was throwing an error code and that it was leaking on the condensation line. once on site, I contacted the customer, and he pointed out where the leak was occurring. upon further investigation, I discovered that the drain line had a small pin hole leak in it, causing it to leak. used a 1-inch coupling of the truck and made the repair. once that leak was repaired, i then started to focus on the water heater itself. the heater had an error code stating water was in the combustion chamber. I took to the cap off and observ6lots of debri inside of the cap. once I took the cap off, the water heater started to start up and run through the cycle. it did this 3 times until it locked itself out. Another error code came across the screen. Now the layer heater says check flam sensor. I obser6the flame sensor to be burnt out and causing sparks. the rubber connector completely crumble into pieces. I can also

Fall HVAC Maintenance: Arrived at home and tenets are not home. Informed homeowners of no one is home. They would like to reschedule.

FALL MAINTENANCE ON ONE BOILER UNIT. I checked full operation of the boiler in the storage closet. I checked the damper made sure it it worked that it opened and closed. I checked the circulator pump and found okay. I checked the ignition control box for the boiler and found okay. I checked the gas valve 24v okay. I checked the Pressure gauge temperature is 120 and it is holding a 12psi. I checked pressure relief valve 30psi found okay. I checked the expansion tank and found okay. I checked the feed water valve and the back flow preventer and found okay for now. I cut off the valve to boiler to check if the high limit worked. The high limit is set to 180 and it cut off right when it hit 180. I than took some water out of the boiler and let water back into boiler. Damper opened up again and boiler fired up. I checked burners and heat exchanger and found okay. This boiler is running and performing as needed. Note: The back flow preventer and the feed water valve should be replaced ev

Performed maintenance on 2 systems. Starting with attic system first. System is a 2016 90% Furnace/AC. Checked all components for proper operation found no issues with components. Secured any loose wires and checked for dirt and debris. Found that the blower was dirty and needs to be cleaned. System does not have a UV light or humidifier. Changed air filters. Heat exchanger in good condition. Final cycled system at this time, system is operational. Checked basement system next. System is a 2016 Furnace/AC. Checked all components for proper operation found no issues with components. Secured any loose wires and checked for dirt and debris. Found that the blower was dirty and needs to be cleaned. System does not have a UV light or humidifier. Changed air filters. Heat exchanger has normal wear and tear. Final cycled system at this time, system is operational. Recommended adding a steam humidifier, air scrubber and blower cleaning.

FALL MAINTENANCE ON TWO UNITS. CLIENT JUST MOVED IN TO THE HOME. #1 Carrier 90% Gas furnace 2016 in the basement. I checked the 16254 aprilair filter and replaced with one costumer provided due to the amount of dirt and debris accumulated while work was being done to the home. I checked the indoor blower wheel motor housing compartment for any obstructions and noticed there is a fungle outbreak cultivaing within the blower ,wires and coil. It only takes 1/8th of an inch of fungus or dirt and debris on the blower wheel to cut the heating and cooling by 30%. I checked the blower amps and found within specs, the 15mfd capacitor on the blower motor is still within working range. I did a full run down of the unit. The Inducer motor and flue vent pipe is operating normally. I checked and cleaned burners and heat exchanger. I checked the flame sensor and cleaned it off today. I checked the Ignitor for this unit and found it had wear on it. The white spots on the Ignitor it indicates that

call for unit not working and valve core leaking system low on charge tried to replace valve core used core tool still wasn't able to remove old valve core could not add refrigerant do to compressor not operating will need to return returned and replaced valve core spoke with Carrier Tech support need control box assy display board, will return

Arrived at location, We were advised they were able to unclogged the line. We entered the Hair salon and found a floor drain. We put the camera thru the drain, and found a couple of bellys inside the pipe. We ran about 130ft worth of camera through and entered the main sewer line. We proceeded to go the other location called Pump it up. We found a clean out and proceeded to fish the camera through. We ran about 45ft and noticed a hole and found out the pipe was broken right there. Cleaned up our area and left.