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i would put the coil min 5" above the furnace or you could end up melting the drain pan.

on some models of commercial package units you get shiped an American standard decal and a trane decal and you place it in the field. then you can tell the customer you up graded there equipment to a...

i find a lot of problems with the flame sensor if its near the dryer the lint gets in there and plugs things up.

very true. every one i come a cross i recommend replacing. but on the other hand my company sells them oil too so its hard to debate this one

there is a lot of factors to consider
1 whats in there now
2 whats available in the neighborhood
3 get bids for both and look at the price
a no pricing questions in this forum. see site rules...

i make in the 25-29 range 12% but we charge well over the 100 range 5% some thing is wrong with that?

i know a guy here in Portland that works for them. every call that requires parts not stocked in his van is considered a call back and is frowned on they also wont let him stock half the stuff you...

i never trust the h/o's ladder. they buy the most rickety pos around every time i have used them i have fallen off. couple years ago i was going up the gable end of a house. got mid way when the...

even the best installers in the world are going to slop it up once in a wile.

looks decent, why was the water tank strapped to the wall isn't that a code every where.

1960's Lennox. i see quite a few of these around. usually the burner has been up dated. this one burning at 72%. home owner wont put a dime in she doesn't have to.

as far as the burner the efficency is at 81% on a 16yr old burner, not bad.

you might as well hack it all. nothing but the housing is original and all thrown together
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cant wait for those straps to break...

found this one the other day. still running good. http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2034/1162962620211gz.jpg even found the owners manual
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what about when they hot box ya in the furnace room/closet, block the door. get right on top of ya and ask questions like "do you like fixing furnaces?"

i had a guy steal a condensing unit of a job site. he cut through the service valves to remove it. he some how tracked down the parts house where i got it. the branch manager called me and we along...

a half way decent tin man can convert over/under to side by side. with that in mind any unit can be installed

i don't think you can handle it. not hot on the trail of the run cap bandit. visiting with Mr. facker on your ladder. dealing with clueless dispatchers. come October you'll come crawling back to the...

i stand corrected. nice pics. my hats off to y'all.

looks good. that old boiler didn't look to old what happened to it.

i think most of them went away long before the invention of the digital camera. good luck.

A no pricing read site rules.
B get 3or4 bids. I'm not saying that's a good or bad price. to many factors to tell
C read the site rules under no pricing questions

you shouldn't park in an area that your van gets graffitied like that. just kidding

how long have you had a subscibtion to this. between you and me how do i get one too? LOL

this is tipical in a lot of instalations. do you have good air flow out each vent?

my thought as well.hope fully there is some fuse protection

the carrer unit is quite difrent. more fetures both do a similer job.

check the power at the furnace. why did you decide to change the contactor at the condencer?

still funny

the 16 is a verry good choice. if you are staying for 7 yrs or maby longer it would be a good investment

thats some shack ya got there. when can i move in. this looks like a good job to put in raidiant floor heat imo.

unless the bacteria he is in refrence to is realy sludge, i think he might be pulling your leg.

my age predates the numeric system or so i feel some days, 31 yrs. with 13yrs in the trade.

this is allso in portland oregon every thing rusts around here, regardless of what side of the hx. your on.

inspectors dont know sh@t. had one that just learned that you had to have air for combustion. hopefully soon he will learn the formula for how much and will get off my back

nice pic's too bad you or the morron that helped clean the coils sugest a after pic. way to go.

that is funny. but so is this sinfeld thred.

flex plenum is for flex duct only. what where thay thinking.lol
worst part is this isn't the first time i have seen this hackery. i seen a retro job that thay used the box the furnace came in as...

we see a few of those old beasts around here. some people wont get rid of them. just keep fixen them up.thay are like a coat in the closet.....thay just keep hangin in there.

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so every one here loves the hvac trade. (most of the time)
if given the opertunity to start over fresh out of high school. would you do it all over again. or go down the diffrent road. not just...

go to every bleed port, crack em open and let it flow. expect to get water out, i will genraly bleed out 1/4 cup per point of water.

this is a beter topic for the pro section.

It’s hard to say what the future will bring. The equipment manufactures are not making the stuff with r-22 in it. Doesn’t mean there won’t be r-22 to put in it. I personally would get at least one...

i had a guy that was convicted of robbing banks. went to the joint for 5 yrs. during this time he learned the hvac trade, working on the prison stuff. his mom and my mom are long time friends, so i...

prime canadate for a duct cleaning.

test your pump every 30 days. pull a vac on just the hoses and micron meter, check the hose gaskets on your gages,change your oil after every use. a little tune up will go a long way.

now that we all know who the nfc and afc champs are who is going to take it all. i got to go with the nw. boys. go hawks

if you cant clean it ----replace it.