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mapsedgeThe guys from Apple Heating and Cooling are figuring out just what sort of misery I go through every time I try to work on an area of the house I haven't already fixed.
They started at 9:00 yesterday morning. By the time I got home at 5:30 in the evening they had been able to install only two - count 'em, ladies and gents, two - outlets: one in the living room and one in my son's room. Seems that every other register in the house they might have tied-in to is (wait for it...) a Non-Standard Size, and would have to have custom boots made. Not to mention the obstructions they encountered between the joists when they tried to run the ducts they did.
Really? Who'd have thought?
We are still without central heat. We're coping alright: I hung a curtain over the hallway door to trap the heat and we run a space heater that keeps all of the bedrooms and the main bath warm enough. The rest of the house was 53° when I woke up this morning. The cats and dog and bird in the family room were all bundled up, as you could imagine.
When I was getting ready for work, I turned on the oven to 500° and let it warm the immediate area in the kitchen where I make my lunch. It didn't help much.
Hoping to see more progress today.
Quotes from Mr. HVAC:
The old unit was so tall it was blocking its own ductwork. No wonder you weren't getting any airflow.1
That old furnace didn't even look installed. It looked like they just threw it in.2
1 No surprises there, and it's been that way for more than 30 years. Every ceiling in the house except for the dining room and family room, including the basement, is 9" too short.
2 Pretty much par for the course for anything done to the house since 1956 and before, say, 1985.
They started at 9:00 yesterday morning. By the time I got home at 5:30 in the evening they had been able to install only two - count 'em, ladies and gents, two - outlets: one in the living room and one in my son's room. Seems that every other register in the house they might have tied-in to is (wait for it...) a Non-Standard Size, and would have to have custom boots made. Not to mention the obstructions they encountered between the joists when they tried to run the ducts they did.
Really? Who'd have thought?
We are still without central heat. We're coping alright: I hung a curtain over the hallway door to trap the heat and we run a space heater that keeps all of the bedrooms and the main bath warm enough. The rest of the house was 53° when I woke up this morning. The cats and dog and bird in the family room were all bundled up, as you could imagine.
When I was getting ready for work, I turned on the oven to 500° and let it warm the immediate area in the kitchen where I make my lunch. It didn't help much.
Hoping to see more progress today.
Quotes from Mr. HVAC:
The old unit was so tall it was blocking its own ductwork. No wonder you weren't getting any airflow.1
That old furnace didn't even look installed. It looked like they just threw it in.2
1 No surprises there, and it's been that way for more than 30 years. Every ceiling in the house except for the dining room and family room, including the basement, is 9" too short.
2 Pretty much par for the course for anything done to the house since 1956 and before, say, 1985.