Electricians vs Plumbers vs HVAC!!! Why DO They Hate Each Other???

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If you have been in the trades for any length of time (let’s say anything longer than one day!!), you will certainly have noticed the immense hatred between Electricians, Plumbers, and HVAC installers. Why is that? In todays episode of Electrician U, Dustin explains why this phenomenon takes place and a couple of items to mitigate the issue.

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Now, lets preface our conversation by saying that maybe an Immense Hatred isn’t the right statement! Maybe a better one is a Strong Dislike. And this isn’t on every single job across the nation. It seems to be more prevalent on the smaller residential type projects. On the larger custom type homes and large commercial projects, the teams of workers generally tend to be much more in synch with each other and/or tend to get along with each other. Also, by hatred we don’t mean electricians are lurking around the corner hoping to inflict pain on the plumber/HVAC tech! We just mean that we generally just wish the other two trades weren’t currently on the project we are working on or that they would just leave each other’s work alone.
Quite a bit of the animosity between the 3 trades comes from the act of building something itself. Let’s face it, there is A LOT of work going on in a compressed space. A LOT!! So many systems and so much material gets put into a small (relatively) space. Add to this that building schedules are getting shorter and shorter, leaving the trades even less time to put in more stuff! Of the three trades, electricians tend to be on the project the longest and have more work/materials into every single area of the project. While plumbers/HVAC certainly have a considerable amount of work to do, they can generally be in and out of a house being built within a few days and then come back at the end to trim the project out and test their systems. Electricians on the other hand, have so many systems (lighting, power, the smoke detectors/fire alarm stuff, audio/visual, etc.) and those systems are in EVERY room within the house. Wires must be run to EVERYTHING to link the items together also.
In a perfect world, us electricians would rather the plumbers/HVAC show up and do their work and then leave, and then we would have the project to ourselves to install our work. Alone. But scheduling is the GC’s domain, and all the different trades must be choreographed in just such a manner so we are not just crawling over each other trying to install our work. But sometimes certain crews aren’t available on the most convenient days for the electrician. Not to mention that there is still the overall schedule to consider, and that generally cannot be pushed out (not without costing $$!).
Respect (or lack of) for another trades work/tools/materials is another reason why there is much animosity between the trades. Borrowing (that is read as TAKING WITHOUT ASKING) ladders and not returning them promptly can be a frustration. And when they are given back, they are generally covered in HVAC mastic! Removing someone’s work to install your own is another problem. While this isn’t always a huge deal if done with respect, the problem is when another trade just destroys a can light to fit in their own work. Or someone just chops out our wire because it is in their way AND they don’t mention it to anyone. Simple respect would help tremendously here. If something needs to be moved, just ask us! Its much easier for us to move an offending piece of electrical equipment simply by uninstalling it as opposed to having to remove a destroyed piece of equipment or wait until the drywall is up and painted before we discover it!
We hope this has helped to solve the riddle of why Electricians, Plumbers and HVAC techs have a strong dislike for one another. Is there a topic you would like to see discussed on Electrician U? Leave a comment in the comments section and let us know. Please continue to follow Dustin and Electrician U as we are constantly updating our content to assist our followers in becoming the best electricians that they can be.