Recent content by jthemmer

Unless that is some janky brand you will not need that. Name brand cassette mini splits will run the pump initially on each start up to verify operation before bringing on heat or cool and they also shut down if that pipe ever clogs up. Make sure to insulate your condensate line. Pvc will...

I do commercial heating, cooling, and refrigeration. Your installers don’t know service. You need to get a tech that knows heat pumps. I’d assume it is an air source heat pump and not geothermal. That heat pump will typically operate down to 20 degrees efficiently. Then “auxiliary heat”...

Thank you for the information! I’m certain the homeowner installed this before I bought the house. I have already fixed all kinds of other hackery on plumbing and electrical. Garage doors are the thing I have had no knowledge of what to look for until recent reading.

I’m trying to correct the snow piles that accumulate in the garage with the door shut. Door faces north with a farm field in front so I get all the wind. Wind alone would blow the door back enough to let snow in.

Correct. It is actually the trim that is a good 3/4” out that the center of the door hits on. Shouldn’t the trim be flush to the header? I could definitely rip it down flush.

Here’s a pic from outside showing less of a gap in the center with the weatherstripping taken off.

I’ll start with what caused this. I bought the green hinges and new rollers to make my door tighter to the frame. Green hinges really made my door not openable. Went back to the original hinges with new rollers. I discovered at this point that my door has always had the hinges in the...