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Jim Bennett
Jim Bennett Member Posts: 607
in THE MAIN WALL
That is a very ingenious way of hoisting a heavy unit and rolling it into place!

I never would have thought of using PVC pipe rollers!

I'll bet after a day like that a shower and a cold brew felt like Heaven!!!

Nice Work.


Jim

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  • Fred Campbell
    Fred Campbell Member Posts: 80
    Any Access to an Attic

    So we had to get a 46" square x24" high dehumidification unit into an attic adjacent to an indoor pool. It weighs 600lbs and, the access thru the back of a bedroom closet was to small and, it was up a finished stairway with oak rails and, they're putting a new roof on anyway so...


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    It was 98* here today and kudos to my crew. We set up, cut the hole, hoisted the unit, and rolled into place (sort of) in this heat, that's an accomplishment. I'll leave that hole open as long as the roofers let me so we're not in a closed attic installing hanger supports, connecting ducts, reefer lines, drains, controls.... and people think we charge too much!

    TG
  • Fred Campbell
    Fred Campbell Member Posts: 80
    Picture Snafu

    Didn't mean to post pics of the pool area but there you go. Soffit distribution and high returns. this DryAire system gives about 37,000Btu of heat back to the pool room in the winter. A remote condensing unit will dissipate heat in the summer. Here's a pic of the unit going in the hole.
  • Christian Egli_2
    Christian Egli_2 Member Posts: 812
    Irony of the trade

    Installing AC type equipment in the hottest month is just like replacing frozen boilers in the coldest winter. You get to do all the hard work and get none of the pleasures these machine provide. You're nicely equipped with your rig and hoist.

    Once the roof is shut again, will there be enough access to service the unit? Or will a simple -slice open the roof- be needed every time.
  • Fred Campbell
    Fred Campbell Member Posts: 80
    Service

    I looked into future service extensively. All components will be able to be serviced thru the access including the compressor and coils. It IS a tight squeeze in there. Coil removal will require some return duct R&R. There was an existing 100% OS air unit up there so I had to make the new unit work within existing parameters. Shoot, when I started I wasn't even sure if you could change the filters. Fits like a glove but I wished it fit like a mitten, or better yet...a sock.

    TG
  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 7,519
    We rarely get what we are really worth

    great job boys....a few cold ones were in order. Mad Dog

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  • Fred Campbell
    Fred Campbell Member Posts: 80
    Finished

    Well we commisioned 'er on Saturday. 15 days start to finish while the HO's were out of town. They were AMAZED! On any given day there were 20 or so workers there. Carpenters, roofers, electricians,painters. They got the dehumid system and reworked radiators, new skylights and patio doors, new roof with structural repairs, new lighting, exhaust and fans, the electrical upgrades for my equipment, soffits and finishes...quite a lot of work when you think about it. They were most impressed with how clean the jobsite was. It pays off, fellas. Heck, the GC had carpenters cleaning the basement floor with pine-sol and no work was done down there.

    The pool was filling when they got home Saturday night. Thanks to DryAire for building and shipping a new unit pronto when the first was damaged in shipping. THAT had me worried for a while but we really lost no time. Thank God DryAire is in Milwaukee and not 1500mi away. They shuffled their plant schedule to get me a new unit over the weekend.

    Pics: 09,11 is the unit in the attic

    13 is why we cut a hole in throof

    16 is the remote condenser after new roof

    17 is cleaning pool after temp deck and work

    22 is overhead Runtal rads to replace removed baseboard to accommodate 3 new sliding doors

    20 is the existing boiler off the pool for stage two heat

    This place was kind of crazy with the dehumidifier/air handler in the adjacent attic, the boiler off the pool deck, and the pool heater, pump, filter in the basement behind/below the boiler room.

    I figured the pool maintenance guy would know how to introduce the 30-50 g/day of condensate back into the pool. He didn't have a clue. I don't want to touch that PVC menagerie soo...I guess we'll find a better pool guy. My condensate came out of the pool, it makes sense to put it back in. Glad to share this offbeat one with you guys.

    TG
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