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Nice video of a guy installing a riser

older thread I know but am looking at installing a riser this summer. A main reason....the concrete circular lid on mine is cracked so would need replacement anyway (i planned that after the last pumping when I saw the crack). That, and lid is buried under 8-12" of dirt I need to dig out each...

Surprisingly got an email response from Mars... "The sizes were modified in early 2024." Guess I will keep the item though will install and ensure it works first. Thanks for all the input.

I thought of that...though I cannot imagine saving 3/4 cm of material is worth the time and effort etc. Its not like they're saving half the material per unit. Just makes it confusing...and from some reviews on the product I am not alone in my confusion. Thanks.

🤷‍♂️ ....thinking of working on (say) a vehicle and removing a bad part (alternator or whatnot) then the 'new' part is a different size creating a headache and a return and more time sourcing the proper part. Been there. Thanks.

Thanks. Why resize something to save 3/4 cm (?) in height.....🤷‍♂️ ...for this change, doesn't quite make sense only to confuse customers and potentially create something that no longer fits in a unit (whether its AC or something else)

Capacitor went out on home AC a week back, I swapped in one I had on the shelf. Its on the right in the image. Being proactive, I ordered a replacement to put on the shelf, same unit, Jard 12783. Only $10 so nice to have around. New item arrived and its a different size then the original. Is...

thanks, though I found a 'similar' panel to mine and estimated my NFA. lots of conflicting info online, or lack of info - many soffits are sold via "what they look like" and nowhere on their product page is the NFA listed.

one panel is a vented triple-5 like in first photo, then two non-vented triple 5's that flavor. Again, 70s home, not new build. Plan to pull some soffit this week to peek under and see what is going on, if stuff is blocked etc.

Thanks, I see what you're saying. Its weird as all diff soffits online have diff holes etc so....was trying to match mine to something I could find like in the post above w/ video.

? (L*W)/2 is the area of a triangle (?) then multiplying that by 8.5 (per row) means....what exactly

I found somewhat of a match to estimate - though what is the LENGTH of the panel in the video? See image and vid at :47 I assume the 12" width is as I marked but its unclear on every manufactures website what the LENGTH dimension is from the wall of the house (f-channel) out to the fascia. Is...

thanks, I did think of this but holes in diff brands are all diff sizes/designs etc etc etc so.....though its prob what I'll have to do. Thanks, yes I see 12" around town and online. One issue...if I wanted to add another vent or two, its almost an all or nothing as I cannot match what is...

NFA = Net Free Area see image Working on correcting some attic ventilation but do not know the NFA of each soffit vent to complete the work. Any idea how to find or at least estimate the NFA of each vent so I can complete vent calculations etc? (home is not a new build etc) Also unsure...

Regardless of the direction/brand you go and reading dozens of websites with specs, I'd drive by a dealer and actually sit on a few tractors. Ex - I see tons of JD 1025s for sale, I went by a JD dealer and sat on one and it was really cramped for me so I immediately crossed it off the list as...