Recent content by Jackfre

“Wall mounted gas heater?” Not sure what you are looking at for that but I’d suggest you look at a Rinnai EX-38LP or NG. It is definitely the best of the direct vent units

Check out Tjernlund.com. They have many good ventilation products. YOu could try a whole house fan as well.

Go through a sheet metal catalog. Southwark was one from my area. Look for available fitting that would help you with your tie-in. A 30 or 45* tie in wouldwork and should eliminate BF. I would not use the backdraft damper until it is shown that it is necessary. To much pressure drop. Digital...

Ah, as Paul Harvey used to say, “The rest of the story…” I guess you have it well in hand. I would regularly inspect the metal exhaust pipe. Your furnace is likely a Category III. That calls for a positive pressure vent system and non-condensing. It is in the 80% range efficiency wise. Regularly...

The Consumer Products Safety Commission issued a recall on that vent material in around ‘98. Previous owner was lucky. You may not be. If the furnace is Category IV you may be able to replace it with PVC. If it is CATIII you need to use a gasketed SS pipe as offered by Z-Flex. All of this was...

Good eye! I can’t really tell if it is PV, but certainly worth a look. The CPSC, if it hasn’t been terminated, web-site should give details. That recall was a real fiasco. You had Hart & Cooley selling Ultra-vent which I think is shown and other maunf selling Plex-vent. I represented Metalbestos...

Okay, here goes. I represented Yukon furnaces back in the 80’s and sold many truckloads of combi and straight wood furnaces. They were a great company but building a condensing oil furnace and the to early release of the product put them out of business. In looking at Englander‘s (a good brand)...

Really a devastating loss and so much to deal with. You may as well try to save some of the hand tools as these kind of rehabs tend to drag on. Insurance, design, permits, the build, your emotional state. As to spontaneous combustion, I have been getting my 10 & 12 yr old grands in the shop with...

Over time this drive will become tedious at best. We moved cross county at 62 to get closer to the kids/grands. A good move but we left about a lifetime of friends and associates behind. Currently you have both friends and family and following your posts over the years you don’t seem...

I have the operator next to the man door but frequently run the door off the MyQ app

I’d suggest a Rinnai EX22 or 38, wither LP or NG, in place of the pellet stove. Pellet stoves are a nuisance and loud.

That is when you add the battery. The net metering got hammered here in CA a few yrs ago making the battery pretty much of a necessity to realize the advantage of the solar.

Run the numbers on gas cost vs elec. You can count on both increasing. In todays world and especially in FL I’d install a good size solar system and HP’s. If you can run the gas line you can also install a solar system. Just have someone out to do the terminations. You can grid tie at first and...

I cut one out of a lab at Cornell in about ‘72-3. This back in the day of mercury thermometers for temp..Had a hand on the bottom of it. When it came loose it took me to the floor. It was filled with Mercury from decades of broken t-moms. We then went to the basement with a bucket and about...

Well the old way, prior to the Fernco, was to take a torch and melt the lead out, then pull the compressed oakum. Clean the hub,Insert your pvc, install and compress the new oakum then, as a home owner get lead wool, insert it on top of the oakum. Get a couple pieces of wood to make inside and...