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Sorry Dead Men

Mark J Strawcutter
Mark J Strawcutter Member Posts: 625
in THE MAIN WALL
The guys setting my condensor and running the lineset up to the attic gave me dirty looks when I brought them a piece of cardboard and asked them to put it between the condensor and their tools.

Mark

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  • John Mills_3
    John Mills_3 Member Posts: 221
    abandoning the steamer...

    I'm gonna disappoint the dead men and a few of you with this story and pix but thought you might like to see a few pictures.

    The customer, and he's a strange bird, has a 120+ year old house with steam heat. Also has forced air on the 1st floor which isn't used. He wants to get rid of the old radiators so despite a modern boiler, out they go. The forced air system has modern ducts so we can reuse. The furnace is a Williamson coal furnace installed in the late 50s according to the city inpection tag. Going to put a Ruud Modulating 94% furnace so as close as we can get to hydronic comfort with scorched air. Upstairs, going to use a (gasp) heat pump with variable speed air handler.

    Found the remains of an old boiler downstairs too!
  • Bud_5
    Bud_5 Member Posts: 1
    Forget the heating system for a minute

    Check out the gutters:) Can you get a close up of the gutters. Also, I noticed the cross brake on the inside radius of the duct to the left of the furnace. This isn't the first time I've seen this, why is this being done? it is not necessary on radius bends.The cross brakes are for stiffening up the metal especially of wider lengths...to stop the noise from the expansion and contraction of the metals as the system is under presure and/or the volocity of the air flow in general(There are other things to think of when using wider lengths that are covered in smacna duct design manual)Just courious if anyone knows why this is done on these fittings?

    Bud (TheSheetmetalShop.Com)

  • D lux_2
    D lux_2 Member Posts: 230
    I like to use the top off the box top the condenser comes in

    to keep from damaging the unit . nice house .

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  • kframe
    kframe Member Posts: 66


    What a moron. Oh well.

    And I'm going to kill someone at my internet portal. It's taking anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to load an image tonight.

    Stupid drunken monkeys...
  • kframe
    kframe Member Posts: 66


    God, I'm in love with that house!

    Where is it?
  • John Mills_3
    John Mills_3 Member Posts: 221
    The house is in

    Downtown Indianapolis. The inside is a mess but sure looks neat from the outside.
  • Boilerpro_3
    Boilerpro_3 Member Posts: 1,231
    Say, you're only a couple hours from Louisville...

    Maybe you could help those folks out that have posted looking for a steam contractor. I'm going to be going through Indy and then down near Louisville in a few weeks.

    Boilerpro
  • John Mills_3
    John Mills_3 Member Posts: 221
    I can spell steam

    > Maybe you could help those folks out that have

    > posted looking for a steam contractor. I'm going

    > to be going through Indy and then down near

    > Louisville in a few weeks.

    >

    > Boilerpro



    but that's about it!
  • John Mills_3
    John Mills_3 Member Posts: 221
    Not me

    I can barely spell STEAM, they sure don't need me! I'll put in a Modulator
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    That guy

    is out of his mind.

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  • John Mills_3
    John Mills_3 Member Posts: 221
    You know, Steamhead...

    that's just what the installers say :(
  • Mad Dog
    Mad Dog Member Posts: 2,595
    Don't worry the Deadmen will exact their revenge

    too bad. I think I'm gonna get Dan to make up a bumper sticker that says "Save The Lost Art of Steam Heating..." I know a few of us here that would pyut it on the truck. Mad Dog

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