Some tin from today.

[jimmyed]

The original duct work was in the slab. It had rotted and filled with mud. Solution was to come through the wall.

Followed the roof pitch out so far, then angled to level to drop down low enough to get under one of the steel beams.

[seatonheating]

Looks good!!!

Makes me feel proud to be one of a select few that appreciate nice looking metal. We need to bring this type of pride back into HVAC, days of the old master.

[VTP99]

Do you bend your own metal ?

[SoFlaDave]

I rarely get to see good metal work down here but that is a very clean job sir. Hats off to you!

[Makinhole]

Looks soooo much better than spiral to my eyes. Good work!!!

[Texas-Tech]

that's awsome work, good job sir

[totalcomfort]

Doing nice duct is like art work,to bad the art part of it is being lost by the younger metal guys.

VERY NICE WORK!!!!

[jimmyed]

We have a small shop make metal for us.

It turned out nice. Wish I had used 8-10 foot long pieces where I could have, but with 30x8 that is just too long.

[VTP99]

We have a small shop make metal for us.

It turned out nice. Wish I had used 8-10 foot long pieces where I could have, but with 30x8 that is just too long.

Do they do the layout or do you and you go over it with them ?
Instead of all those schools pumping out halfa** techs they should teach this craft before it's lost.

[zzonko]

Do they do the layout or do you and you go over it with them ?
Instead of all those schools pumping out halfa** techs they should teach this craft before it's lost.

The sheet metal trade is alive and well and will never be lost. Most commercial, industrial and institutional buildings have miles of sheet metal duct.

It may be lost however in resi due to the common acceptance of cheaper materials that require minimal skills to install

[jimmyed]

Do they do the layout or do you and you go over it with them ?
Instead of all those schools pumping out halfa** techs they should teach this craft before it's lost.

I did the layout. Drew up scale drawings of everything. Took an hour after an hour of making chicken scratches measuring everything up. The metal shop figured the angles for the elbow going up to the 1/12 pitch roof. Which was 4 degrees.

When I leveled out from following the ceiling, I just cut the ends of my duct to half the angle of the roof. Worked out nicely. Everything fit like a puzzle.

[VTP99]

I did the layout. Drew up scale drawings of everything. Took an hour after an hour of making chicken scratches measuring everything up. The metal shop figured the angles for the elbow going up to the 1/12 pitch roof. Which was 4 degrees.

When I leveled out from following the ceiling, I just cut the ends of my duct to half the angle of the roof. Worked out nicely. Everything fit like a puzzle.

Nice work keep it up. It should give the new guys something to strive for. True craftsmanship is getting hard to find these days.

[jimmyed]

New guys?! Im only 26, work with my old man, and for another hvac company as well.

I spend alot of time making my work look good. Probably doesn't matter to the customer half the time but it does to me.

[Lash]

Is that the t-stat wire going through the return grille?

Only two things I would have done differently.

1. Standing S-Slips for anything 18"+ in width (SMACNA standard).

2. The square throat/radius heel elbow coming through the wall is less than ideal, especially on the supply side. That is the 2nd worst elbow flow wise (after square throat square heel without vanes). A square elbow with vanes in it would have been much better IMO seeing as how a 1x radius throat would have pushed the duct too far off the wall.

Otherwise it looks pretty good to me.

[VTP99]

[QUOTE=Lash;9882382]1. Standing S-Slips for anything 18"+ in width (SMACNA standard).

Lash i know a S-Clip but what is a standing S-Slip ?
Is it a Tee shaped S-Clip ?

[Lash]

[QUOTE=VTP99;9883022]

1. Standing S-Slips for anything 18"+ in width (SMACNA standard).

Lash i know a S-Clip but what is a standing S-Slip ?
Is it a Tee shaped S-Clip ?

'L' shaped

http://www.mcgillairflow.com/assets/...dingS_slip.jpg

[VTP99]

[QUOTE=Lash;9883802]

'L' shaped

http://www.mcgillairflow.com/assets/...dingS_slip.jpg

Thank you,
That would be for added stiffness correct ?
Like a garage door has to support the panels in the up position.

[Lash]

[QUOTE=VTP99;9883942]

Thank you,
That would be for added stiffness correct ?
Like a garage door has to support the panels in the up position.

You got it.

[jimmyed]

Stat wire, yep. Not our work. We did nothing with the return.

[VTP99]

Thanks Lash,
I try to learn something new once a day.