Recent content by sourdough

I live near Pe Ell. That is just too easy, sir! Been there, done that. Kudos! Jim

I have a 40' x 32' x 10' garage with a 6" slab, 2" x 6" R-21 walls, R-30 ceiling, no hvac or fans. I keep my 2" insulated garage doors shut nearly all of the time unless we are working the property or mowing grass. Year round, with the temp in winter (10*) it never goes below 40* and during the...

I totally agree. I use pretty much the same unit to cool my 2100' home (and it is 8 years old and still functioning well) in conjunction with the forced air furnace fan to distribute the house air. I had to build a platform outside the window to support it as the unit weighs over 100#. If it...

Delete. You got it fixed. Good for you!

I live SW of you near Pe Ell, and our summers are relatively warmer than yours because you are closer to the marine waters and we are 400' higher in elevation and inland. I have a fairly large 40' x 32' x 10' high attached garage on a 6" concrete slab, 2" x 6" walls with R-21 batt insulation...

I call BS on that in WA State. I had a modular triple-wide installed on our property in 2007 and it passed all inspections. We have one GFCI in the garage and 3 receptacles and all lights on 2 non-GFCI circuits. How do you figure that?

My 14' chest freezer has been in the garage on a GFCI for almost 3 years with no problems. The only other thing on that circuit is the battery charger for the standby genset. If the GFCI trips, I have a problem, directly concerning the refer or the battery charger grounding problems. Please...

I had a close clearance wood fireplace in the upper floor in Alaska a decade or so ago in a split level house and sold it with a gas log insert. The NG line was run up from the downstairs boiler/HWH units and there was a shutoff there. (At the time it was grandfathered insofar as code was...

Stupid me. I was always under the impression that a sheet steel tank that was over-pressured would split at a weak point and relieve the pressure with not much distribution of metal. A cast vessel when over-pressured would result in shrapnel 360* for a large distance. Correct me if wrong.

I think all of you folks are expecting contractor quality expertise from folks that are making minimum wage working for a warehouse type supply organization. I like Home Depot and Lowe's (and probably others like Menard's that aren't in my area) because all I want their associates to do is to...

I have a propane domestic water heater in use for 7 years since new. A couple of times the standing pilot has gone out, I'm guessing due to high winds. I relit it using the procedure on the burner cover. No problem. If I was a homeowner with no knowledge of said device, I probably would have...

Charles, as always, is correct. He has posted on many similar threads about having an interlock in the main panel to completely isolate the power company (POCO) feed from the genset feed to eliminate any possibility of a backfeed when the POCO feed is restored. I have used this method for over 7...

As an expert contractor, please explain why. You throw out all replies while never delineating the reasons. Point in case: you not addressing a bad heat exchanger while claiming that could cause a combustion air fan failure/pressure switch failure. I am sure you have procedures in place for all...

Mine is this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003N5HG4C/?tag=atomicindus08-20 It is seven years old and has an adjustable deadband 1*-3*. The default setting is 2* IIRC. IMO, it is spendy even by Amazon prices. I have purchased a much cheaper/different brand (Honeywell) unit from Home Depot that...

So, did you discern why the switch dropped out? You replaced the switch with a new unit and had the same problem. As has been stated before: improper air flow as a constant, flaky new switch (not like new parts have failed, eh?). When you teed in the magnahelic, were all connections super tight...