Residential Plumbing vs Commercial Plumbing

Residential Plumbing vs Commercial Plumbing! Which should you go into? In this video I'm going to tell you the differences between the two and the pros and cons of each type of plumbing. There are benefits to each one, but they also have their own issues.

Thanks for watching! I'm Roger Wakefield, LEED AP, The Expert Plumber and welcome to my channel. On this channel I teach homeowners how to save money on their plumbing by doing DIY plumbing projects. I also teach plumbers and plumbing company owners how to be the best plumbers in their area and run successful plumbing businesses. My goal is teach you everything you need to know about plumbing.

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[matthewdarche]

UA Local 230 commercial plumber ... and I'd like to add a pro to commercial plumbing... when your on a massive project and its finish you get to look back and appreciate the opportunity to bring that project to life...

[michaelhouse]

Commericial Plumber Apprentice here, I love the new construction and learning about the other trades like Electrical and Carpentry on my lunch. I feel like if you can easily take down 2-8in rusted cast iron pipe and fittings and put new ones in, residential can be a cake walk.

[lifeinthebay]

I’m a union commercial plumber and I can confidently say that just because it’s a new building and it’s commercial doesn’t mean you won’t come in contact with poop lol. Be safe

[austinford]

Residential service non-union and running like heck haha, it’s an awesome career field to get into especially when you can go into somebody’s home, see their problem that’s been causing them some dismay and come up with solutions to resolve it, and some of the reactions after fixing it are priceless👍🏻

[TMBales]

Commercial, new build, union, flint- local 370, greatest move of my life

[andersonfarmstead]

First week down. Apprentice here. Commercial, non union, new construction. Love it. 45min drive one way to job site but traffic is not bad. Gives me time for myself to decompress before getting home.

[matttttt]

The first pro is definitely something that interests me. I worked a desk job, not moving at all, for a long time. It left me wanting to die. Sort of joking but sort of not. Now I've been a freelance creative for a while and while there is passion there...the stability is, so far, not great (a global pandemic doesn't help). So I'm grateful for your videos to at least give me food for thought. If I switch careers it will definitely be something along these lines, and after listening to this video, I think residential would be more the path for me. Thanks, Roger.

[MyNathanking]

Roger, I envy your life because you got to be the plumber I couldn't be because I have Asperger's syndrome and learning difficulties and I couldn't make it into ANY career; not just the plumbing trade. I'm 52 years old and I have been on disability income since I was 24.

[lilquasi]

Im New to Service Plumbing out in socal, i work for a mixed shop that does HVAC and PLUMBING, i worked for the HVAC division for my company for 3 years on install Fell in love with the trade, Our Plumbing division needs installers so i transferred over to plumbing install, We do Coatings, Redrains, Repipes, Tankless Water Heaters, Water filtration systems. You learn something new everyday, Master the Trade and they are paying TOP Dollar for Lead installers and Service Techs due to the lack of skilled labor

[rjgainz]

Residential 6 month Service plumber apprentice... Love learning new things/Seeing new things all day every day, leaving a customers house with them happy makes me happy. One Con for Service are the Picky/Know it all customers that try to get on your last nerve.

[scarface]

Which one is more physically demanding?

[Sleepyplumbr]

Residential service, non-union for almost 6 years. Starting with a new company in July, continuing residential service, non-union to get my master plumber license and then start learning residential HVAC

[Mrworlwad]

Pool guy here trying to learn a new trade. Plumbing comes naturally to me, and in a dying industry that I’m in, I’m looking to step it up and take on more challenges. Thank you for all this information! looking forward to exploring your channel.

[danielbostwick]

Question...I learned service plumbing from my manager who was a licensed plumber when I worked on apartment maintainance. Now my wife and I own and manage rental properties. And I take care of our plumbing calls. What can I do get more training and a license?? Or do I really need one for only doing service repairs??

[mobile]

Could you do a general overview video on working with residential gas systems?

[abdulelkhatib]

I'm not a trades person but I want to get into it. Commercial seems more appealing because there is less home owner DIY to come fix.

[lukeberndt]

Should I leave residential HVAC for commercial construction plumbing? I’m open to all pros and cons

[redddcoxxx]

Did commercial work for years. Contemplating residential work now.

[joedoe]

Been doing commercial for 18 years and love it but the reality is work stability isn't that great. The company I work for also has a service division no matter what time of the year those boys are always busy. To me its time to move on to service. Job stability and the opportunity to make more money seem to be there.

[colden]

Residential con is that you can get a call into a shit hole house where they haven't cleaned in years.