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Re: Oil to propane, Kingston NY area - EDITED.
I get that. I recently had a sunroom "kit" built for me and part of that deal was $3500 or so, design and engineering fee, full plans, "wet ink" stamps, ready to throw at the building inspector. Non refundable, if I chose not to have them build it, but I owned the plans.
Seemed fair to me.
joea99
Re: Torque Wrench
never heard
Torque Wrenchand Boiler in the same sentence. It's a changing world.
GW
Re: Main vent questions - newbie
Well… I wouldn't worry about the Gorton #2s. There have been some QC issues, but in general they are a good reliable vent.
Now… that sloping pipe. As it is, it could be a problem. However, I think that if you take the reducer off under the big pipe, and put a 45 on there angled up with say a three inch nipple, then a 90 towards the room (to clear that other black sloping down in back) and your Gortons on there it should work. Adequate headroom. There will still be a bit of a puddle there — can't help that — but it may work just fine.
Re: Torque Wrench
We use calibrated torque screw drivers during production of electronic assemblies. Management of calibrated equipment is a whole thing in our business.
PC7060
Re: Now ya see why PVC on mod con flue is not a good idea
I installed dozens of GB- 142s with PVC exhaust before they banned it in NY. Never seen it be an issue, but apparently "they" decided it was. Mad Dog
Re: Old HP system failed: new refrigerant choice? new equipment reliability?
Again, thanks everyone. I plead guilty to paralysis by analysis, my weakness perhaps. Back to comments from GGross: I fully understand that good advice because I spent my carrier of over 50 years in multiple industries, companies & institutions doing design, manufacturing, production/process engineering, facilities engineering and management. Over 20 final years was in institutional facilities management and construction at a small college and then a major university; this included university research labs and data centers (both conventional under-floor plenum cooling by Liebert units and a new data center where high-power server racks were water cooled). However, in those environments we dealt primarily with vetted engineering consultants, contractors and architects and we had client-friendly and enforceable contracts, which I did enforce. The mantra I preached to my subordinates was "you get what you inspect, not what you expect."
I find the residential contractor environment full of minefields and inflated pricing. It's hard to identify really good contractors (or if they are good they are too busy and can't get to you for months). I'm in a small city (actually a town; the largest in VA where cities are not part of counties but towns are). We have only one independent residential/commercial HVAC contractor universally praised for good workmanship and service; I have a quote from them: $35+k for 2000 sq.ft. house retrofit (Mitsubishi). I have two other quotes so far - over $30k - from companies beholden to their private equity bean-counter ownership. Hard to swallow for a retired guy who knows what equipment and material costs really are. (Don't even talk to me about replacement window ripoffs!) I have little choice but to turn to smaller independent contractors who have less overhead.
Re: Plastic 3/4” service entrance on a brass adapter
We call them Ranger fittings the connect plastic to another type of pipe
CTETeach
Torque Wrench
Forty-five years in the trade and I don't own a torque wrench. And I don't think any heating contractors in my area have one either.
Torque spec's. aren't always stated. I see them mostly on Viessmann instructions.
Triangle Tube HX bolts seem to be the most sensitive, i.e. too tight and they will shear off. Hand tight with another half turn with a socket set is good; check for CO in the cabinet.
Wondering if I really need one or is it going to be another tool that gets lost in my truck.
