Grant Canady

Plumbing Contractor

Warren Service & Supply

Warren, IN

08.2015 - Current

Able to study a blueprint and and lay all of the pipe and water lines in their correct locations. i am also licensed to run jobs and pull the permits required to complete them.
Able to work with any type of piping, including the older piping material from cast iron drain pipe to orangeburg, i have had to deal with almost all of it working in the country.
Have plenty of experience with running pvc drains in newer commercial areas too. i have moved entire bathrooms in factories, cutting the concrete, digging to the water and drain lines and making the connections needed to move the fixtures.
Work in residential and commercial areas almost an equal amount here. i know how to enter a customers house or a business and leave with them satisfied. Always try to leave the area cleaner than before my work began.
Have ran jobs and completed jobs with an apprentice with 1 or less years of experience, and i am able to train and help journeyman obtain their plumbing license.
Have worked in crawl spaces where i have had to dig my way thru the house to fix issues under the house, after identifying where the issue was using locator equipment.
Can learn any type of technology fast and i am up to date on most of the rigid equipment currently being used.
Can run roto rooters and jeters and clean out any type of drain. i have ran a jeter in up to 10" pipe in a factory.
Can identify a problem with a gas or electric water heater and fix it and i can remove and replace either type as well.
Can work on any type of well, i can replace control boxes and pressure switches. i can also identify what the problem on a no water is, and replace the correct part. i can ohm out the pump motor, and i can test the voltage at my switch.
Have experience changing every size of submersible pump and running new black plastic and wire with it.
Have experience changing out every size of pressure tank from small expansions to the pressure tanks at our dairy's.
Comfortable working with an electrical meter and operating it to help me identify issues with pumps or any type of equipment i may be dealing with
Have used a locator many times to identify a break in pipe or to trace out a line and dig them up.
Able to work with gas line and measure, cut, and thread black pipe to the necessary length.
Have pressure tested water line, gas line, and infloor heat in order to make sure it is ready for concrete or for drywall.
Have laid infloor heat 20+ times, i know how to cut and lay the foam down, and then lay our loops for the heat.
Have experience running vents thru the roof and then placing a Flashing on the roof and sealing it tight, making sure there will never be an water leaking through the flashing.
Have experience installing tankless WH and making sure they run correctly after installation, i have also installed circulation lines for hot water.
Have experience changing the orfus's inside of tankless wh and inside of furnace gas valves.
Have experience installing hanging heaters at many different heights in many different situations and running their vent outside, making a tight and neat seal on the outside.
Have experience operating excavators and trenchers of small and large sizes.
Have dug as deep as 8-10' and i have trenched lines 150+ feet long.
Have experience making metal to run duct work and making metal caps, and metal transition pieces.
Working in warren i have worked in a lot of places and areas that are not comfortable or easy to access, but i have found we can always find a way to get the job done.
Have experience running copper lines of all different sizes and flaring copper of all different sizes.
Have experience with soldering copper and cutting and cleaning the copper for solder.
Have experience using a butane torch to solder copper line sets for a/c, using silver solder.
Know hot to install a coil and condenser and connect and solder the lines, pump it down and open up the compressor, so the unit will run.
Know how to remove a furnace and install a new one, and build the metal around the new furnace to make everything seal up tightly.
Can also remove just the coil and install a new box, by editing the metal work or by swapping the coils if metal work isn't necessary.
Have experience working on and installing thermostats and the wire from furnace to thermostat.
Capable of wiring up equipment of any type, using the manual to the equipment for reference when necessary.
Have been on call for around 2 years now, when im on call for a week i will take calls at any time of the night or day on weekend and any time of night on weeknights. i have taken no heats at 2-4 am.
Have worked 7 days in a week when necessary to complete the jobs we are doing.
Familiar with all types of pex fittings and i have used multiple style of tools and rings, to crimp the rings around the pex.
Have experience insulating water lines and houses to prevent freezing when and where it is needed.
Have experience busting concrete and digging holes to install sump and sewage pits in basements, for new sump pumps or for plumbing for a new downstairs restroom.
Have experience digging and installing sump pits in crawl spaces to get water out from under houses.
Have experience with generac generators and have had a license for 4 years. it is no longer valid, but i can reinstate it with an online class. with my license i can do work that will be backed by the warranty.
Have experience installing water softeners, and adding them to a residency that currently doesn't have one.
Have experience installing iron filters, and adding them to a residency that currently doesn't have one.
Have experience draining a house and filling the lines with antifreeze to protect the house from freezing while residents are gone for the winter.
Have experience running the smaller hand held roto rooters to clean out drains of 2" and smaller.
Have experience removing and installing toilets of all different style and sizes. i can also work on a broken stool and fix the flush valve, the flapper, or pull a leaking stool and replace the wax ring.
Have installed urinals and removed them and worked on them. i have changed the leaking seal on them also.
Have removed tubs and showers of all sizes and replaced them with showers and tubs of all sizes.
Have installed kitchen sinks of many different styles and worked on and fixed many different styles of kitchen sinks.
Have installed many different trim kits for showers and tubs
Have removed and then installed new vanity's of different kinds.
Have installed and worked on pedestal's.
Have experience drilling thru joyce and studs to get my lines through them and sleeving them when necessary.
Have experience hooking up kitchen sink garbage disposals and connecting them to the drain line.
Have experience hooking up double sink bowls and tying them into the drain.
Can install a pro vent when needed and know when a vent is required.
Have experience installing dishwashers and connecting them to the trap piping, or garbage disposal, and connecting to, or adding a water stop for the dishwasher.
Have experience running an ice maker line and box, and hooking it into the fridge and existing water line where needed.
Can make the transition from any type of older piping i run into, into updated pvc or pex, depending on what im working on.
Have experience hanging pipe and equipment from the ceiling and making it straight and level.
Have experience moving breakers and replacing breakers in a box.
Have experience running field tile and cleaning field tile out when it becomes plugged.
Have experience installing and identifying cleanouts when working on drains.
Have experience identifying the septic tank and locating it, and calling for it to be pumped if necessary.
Have experience shimming and using wood to level things im installing.
Have experience using silicone and sealing things tight and neatly when i am finishing my work.
Have experience flushing out plugged water lines, from rust or other build ups.
Have experience running a skid loader and using to to backfill my work in the ground.
Have experience pulling a trailer with heavy equipment on it.
Have dug up and removed old underground pressure tanks, and moved them inside or under the house, and also re installed the new one in the same location underground.
Have experience replacing the cable on small and large roto rooters.
Have experience capping and removing existing drain, water, and gas piping.
Can connect black plastic with barbed fittings using a torch and hose clamps and secure my wire from the pump tightly to my plastic with wire and tape, to prevent rubbing.
Have ran jobs, and been in contact with the contractor to stay up on what needs to be done and when.
Have experience using plastic gas tubing and the tools used to prepare the pipe for fittings.
Have installed whole house filters and osmosis systems, for residential and commercial situations.
Have experience hooking up back up batteries to sump pumps and emergency alarm systems.
Have experience working on sewage and sump pumps, and can identify the problem, whether it is the float, obstruction in water, power supply, or pump itself.
Have experience cutting concrete with a saw and a wet saw, i also have experience drilling holes thru concrete with a hammer drill and larger drills using water.
Have experience setting and installing mini-split HVAC systems in residential and commercial areas.
Have experience changing the blower, inducer, pressure switches, gas valve, heat exchanger, and board on a furnace.
Have experience changing the compressor, contactor, capacitor, and fan motor on an outside condenser.
Have experience measuring the gases in a condenser unit and adding freon if needed.
Can use bender's when needed to make sharp bends to connect the copper line sets.
Have removed old boiler systems and replaced them with a present day gas or electric furnace.
Have removed old copper, galvanized, quest, and cpvc lines and ran all new pex to entire homes.
Have removed old cast iron, and galvanized drain lines and ran all new pvc lines thru the house.
Have added on entire new bathrooms to upstairs where no drain or water piping originally was.
Have thawed frozen water lines under houses using a torch and using a salamander heater.
Have added heat runs to upstairs and returns to upstairs where there was previously no runs.
Have experience removing and replacing old and broken stool flanges. cast iron, or pvc
Have experience installing burried hydrants and wall hydrants and working on them/ changing washers.

Summary

Overview

Work History

Plumbing Contractor

Education

High School Diploma -

Skills

References

David Amstutz

Scott Canady

Timeline

Plumbing Contractor

High School Diploma -

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