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No Substitute For Quality Workmanship

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Larry_7
Larry_7 Member Posts: 86
in THE MAIN WALL
Had to post this. Just a hint of what the rest of the job looked like. Three consecutive roof trusses hacked for the handler to fit, no secondary drain, no glued condensate line joints, water splashing on the floor in boiler alcove kind of close to the floor drain, foot through the ceiling, crooked t-stat, etc...Alas.

Larry

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  • Robert O'Connor_7
    Robert O'Connor_7 Member Posts: 688
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    Is that what I think I see???

    Maybe they were going for true divided light? UN! BELIVABLE! What else can you say?? ...Robert O'Connor/NJ
  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
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    Someone must be paying them EXTRA for That!

    I am forming an opinion that you guys have neighbours who are dangerous to your health,and are unquestionably suicidal.what good are fire safety codes when there seems to be such strong objection to self preservation?
    ...my other opinion that seems to be forming itself into the light this type of work seems to have given the term "Crack Plumber" an entirely new meaning:)
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,884
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    Hey

    Theres nothing to see out that window anyway.

    Scott

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  • jackchips_2
    jackchips_2 Member Posts: 1,338
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    And

    the blinds are closed.
  • Tony_8
    Tony_8 Member Posts: 608
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    hee hee !

    that condenser will be quiet as a mouse, even next to that window :)

    Looks like they got shorted on the "good, fast or cheap" deal, they only got one option.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
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    window

    I'm surprised they ran the electric up the wall when there is probably an outlet just through the window :-)

    Everyone knows a 20ft extension cord is cheaper then a fused cut off box and a 6ft whip :-)
  • Art Pittaway
    Art Pittaway Member Posts: 230
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    Thanks.! Anyone want to bet..

    It was installed by the lowest bidder..? No doubt in my mind.
  • Mark Hunt
    Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,909
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    Well........


    it is a Ducane.

    They got exactly what they paid for, only I bet they didn't know that this is what they were paying for.

    Mark H

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  • Greg Swob
    Greg Swob Member Posts: 167
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    It looks like...

    an assist handle for egress from the window. Kind of like a fireman's pole and the condensor unit is to break up the fall distance to ground in an incremental step. If this were in my town... I could name that installer in one note. Is that duct tape securing the liquid tight and line set together?
    Greg
  • Greg Swob
    Greg Swob Member Posts: 167
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  • Bud_14
    Bud_14 Member Posts: 200
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    This is to funny...Musta been a do it yourself tip for the Home D gang. I'm sure it is a fire code issue...

    Bud
    www.thesheetmetalshop.com
  • Tony_8
    Tony_8 Member Posts: 608
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    I can show you

    lots of matching B-vent. Elbows cost money, ya know ! This guy probably bought a package deal from a home center with a 15 ft lineset and quick-connects.

    See, it ain't so hard :)
  • Matt Undy
    Matt Undy Member Posts: 256
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    I didn't know they made the quick connect pre charged deals anymore. My mom has one of those...installed by a contractor in the 80's, his work is neat and he was good with working with the materials, but looking at his work knowing what i know now, he didnt' get the engineering. He buried heat ducts in the slab of an addition, didn't insulate the ducts, didn't insulate the ductwork, addition is always cold. Anyho, the lineset doesn't sem to have ahd the right charge for the condenser and evaporator it was matched to. Can hear refigerant gurgling at liquit line near the evaporator, seem to recall its always been like that, don't see any oil at any of the fitings. I think it should be retrofited with a TXV and sight glass though propper charging would go a long way I think. The printing bleached off the ratings plate within the first few years. Its a luxaire btw...built like a tank (but a tank would be quieter) but not engineered very well.

    Matt
  • Larry_7
    Larry_7 Member Posts: 86
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    Follow -Up

    Yeah that job was sure a hack. Too much stuff to list really. The resolution fails to show the unglued conduit 90 pulled apart from the run down the wall...about 2" of exposed wiring. We were there to repair a gas leak that mysteriously developed while the job was nearing completion...yes it's nearly complete. Our hunch was that when brother/helper put foot through the ceiling the exposed gas line in the attic broke the fall but cracked a tee behind the wall in boiler alcove. A true comedy of errors to say the least. Sadly though, the customers have no idea what has happened to them. I don't go anywhere without the digital cam anymore.

    Take care
    Larry
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