Recent content by jonesmechanical

Love the Z4 M coupes. Never was a fan of the Z4, but I love the coupe. Same with the Z3. Dont love even the M Roadster, but I love the coupe. I have thought it would be my next car, especially with the S54 tuning that has been going on, but for what ever reason, the Z4 electronics are a step...

I am partial to Lennox. We primarily do work on very high end homes, and commercial new construction. For us, we have to be associated with the very best that is available. I would agree to this statement though, I would much rather have the cheapest furnace on the market that is installed...

Wow, I can't wait to move forward on mine. I can't believe that its not the universal choice. Even with cheap porcelain tile, its seems like the superior option over anything in a working garage, and it just happens to look amazing, clean up amazing, and IF something does happen, the simplest...

I will be doing porcelain as soon as I have time. I just need to order the tile. It is PEIV, through body, and rectified. Of all the sample tiles I have seen for a garage, that is smooth enough to squeegee but have lots of traction. I received dozens of samples, I really want the...

Wow, I will have to try Arzel out. Not having to cut holes is a huge deal. I really didn't like the Bladder zoning that used air pressure, this could be a nice compliment to what we already to.

Also, i would say the on the homes we do from scratch in new construction, they have a thermostat 800-1200 sq ft. To get that kind coverage per thermostat with modulation in every zone, you are talking 4-6 separate hvac systems in a 5-6000 sq ft home (i would say the average size of home we...

No, i havent had any experience with the arzel product. Just googled it, looks interesting. We dealt with a air bladder system one called "my comfot zones" and i hated it, and for what it was, way over priced. The advantage of it was you could completely retrofit it from the mechanical room...

I'm headed to the National dealers meeting in Vegas this month, and I think they are unveiling a 25 S.E.E.R. Modulating A/C unit. I have been to their manufacturing facilities in Texas, and met for a few hours with the new product development engineers, and they literally have mad house of...

Yes. 99.99% sure. Its been a while since we have used one of those boards, The Lennox Equivalent has one. We generally didn't use the plenum sensor because when we design the systems each zone has enough air flow to keep the discharge temperatures happy and within spec. Installing them in...

I used to be a Lennox hater as a Trane Dealer for 12 years. My local Trane distribution fell apart, I wandered to several brands, and Landed with Lennox. The thing about Lennox, is that they are the largest purchaser of Aprilaire Products (rebranding with their name on it). My pricing of...

I have used a ton of the redlink wireless zoning on retrofit. The issue I have with their dampers is not of quality, but that the actuators are bulky and much more complicated than the aprilaire's dampers. When aprilaire/lennox came out with their new dampers with the external position...

Awesome. I wish my new found ESP gift translated into communicating with my wife :).

Also, it looks like you have 1/2" of shaft sticking out of your manual damper levers. What you will want to do, is remove that handle assembly, screw a new cover of sheetmetal with a hole just big enough that the damper shaft is carried by it. At that point, you will have much more shaft...

These are the dampers I would recommend: https://www.google.com/shopping/product/3108572508764138278?q=lmb-3-t&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41642243,d.cGE&biw=1920&bih=965&sa=X&ei=jJ4KUf_MGOXGiwLGr4HgDg&ved=0CFYQ8gIwAA This is the zone panel I would recommend...

Can you take some pictures of the locking quadrants? with only 1/2" of protrusion, it could be difficult. Also, the duct is an odd size. Being rectangular in shape, there should be a nice flat space you can secure the non drive side of an actuator to. Take some pictures and post them, or send...