Recent content by Rusty Fords

Industrial plant sites I deal with will not let us use any thing but simple green (environmentally concerns), some wont even allow us to use even that and yet another we have to schedule a vac truck to come in and vac up all the water we use to clean the coils mind you at that site we can't even...

Prep, prep and more prep. I have used Miller one coat looks great.

Ceiling Insulation even bats are better then nothing.Most all of your heat is most likely pushing down through the ceiling yes even with the south facing doors.

Its amazing how many people chimed in on this. I ran my own business for 8 years and did made good $ I would do summer specials every year $75 plus parts for a normal tune up which on a heat pump or a/c unit was only a indoor air filter another $7-10 or install their for free. I would clean...

From what I can see from your pictures it looks like the fan goes on the inside of the area you are wanting to pull air from , the lovers go out side the room and the bigger Gal box with 2 doors goes on the inside so you can manually open and close them when desired. Please remember if you are...

Just to chime in here, I've done a lot of gas pipe over the years both commercial and residential. From what I have seen in Oregon we used Galvanized on the coast only due to salty air rusting the black pipe out, Use Black pipe inland for both Propane and natural the possibility of Gal flaking...

I understand wanting to get some cooler air blowing on you. If you currently have 60% humidity (If I read that correctly) you may be dropping temp but adding more humidity with a swamp cooler. More moisture to tools and parts? I wouldn't recommend. I know it will not remove any heat energy from...

make sure you get a 120VAC fan easier to find power for the 120V ones. I use one behind my wood stove in the winter pointed upwards. It blows the heat that builds up above the stove and blows across the ceiling, it helps heat the shop up down where it matters quickly 1/2 hour I'm in a t shirt...

Wash both indoor and outdoor coils with simple green and rinse well, wash air filter start unit up check for approx 20 degree temp drop. If you don't get the temp drop and compressor is running sorry but not worth fixing get a new one.

What he said Footer below grade to required frost line protection foundation wall on top with re-bar through and re-bar comes out the top of Foundation wall bend 90 degrees in word and pour a slab on top with re-bar tying everything together. I don't know where he is at but where I'm at in...

Most Carrier and Bryant are the exactly the same! I sold Carrier for 8 years in my own business only difference is paint and sticker. Carrier is the preferred contractor models brand the Bryant equipment they will sell to other companies. So if you own 2 different brands named X & Y, You only...

Return on investment (ROI) doesn't always pay to go to the higher eff stuff like some of the experts say.:thumbup: The one we put in a dog kennel was just a normal gas w/h (cheap as dirt) domestic water heater with a pump to circulate the water. Not the most expensive system but worked well and...

What kind of system are you installing ( Gas, Oil, Heatpump...)?

I bought a unit of 3/4" shop ply. My shop is a wooden pole type construction with horizontal 2x6's with commercial type of installation( instead of flat on the poles) forming the cavity for R19 insulation. I had the insulation company install the insulation with a white vapor barrier over all of...

Hold on here did he measure each room (wxdxh) and the windows all this is required to do a proper Manual J calculation or did he measure the size of the duct work? I would ask to visually see a room by room calculation. Good old boy rule of thumb is not the proper way seen it before and competed...