Terence McCann

You guys must see something different everyday. That must be really nice. I can't speak about any other place except where I live however, I have found that I see a lot of same things all the time. Maybe not in each house however, it's still a lot of run of the mill work. As stated, I see toilets that are loose on the floor, I have boilerplate to describe it. Stair step cracks in a basement wall, FP breaker panels, knob & tube wiring, a garage door that won't auto reverse, trip hazards on the front sidewalks etc. Boilerplate to explain it all. One day I'm hoping to have massaged my software enough, my verbage is constructed well enough, that a report will be pretty pat.

If it's for the hot water tank and is piped as you say it is, it's incorrect. Attached is a diagram of how a circ pump should be installed. Download Attachment: recirc.gif 15.5 KB

I have a lot of boilerplate in my reporting software. There are just so many ways that you can describe a toilet that is loose on the floor and how to go about repairing it. I spend an average of 45 minutes on a report, if I could get it down to 15 minutes I would.

What year did Goodman buy out Amana Mike?

According to Preston's it's a 1992 model as Paul stated. Sometimes manufactures list week/year as well. Could be 20th week of 92 however, 92 is the magic number

Have only seen one home with the stuff installed. Not a huge issue here.

Interesting. I belong to PayPal but always thought of it as an Ebay thing.

These are Climatol Units. In Prestons it's a 1984 unit. The model in Prestons reads "A-R703030-2C. Hope this helps.

When your done for the day and kickin' back to write a report, it's Highagain time. Remember, do home inspections safely. Like the icon George.

Good to see you posting again George!

I would think that both the evap and condensing unit are 2 ton units.

You would think that the seller would have put in a new hood and stove.... amazing.

You da man Mike!

Hi Mark: I highly doubt that the duct is insulated or else it wouldn't be sweating like that. They would insulate the supply duct(s) but not the cold air return. Without a crawl space the cold air return would be in the same environment as the conditioned air so no sweating however, when the cold air return hit's a hot&humid crawl space you'll get condensation. Just a matter of dew point.

Are there certain dates that FP manufactured breakers that were "ok"? I did a home inspection for a client and the seller was a real estate agent. Upon calling out the FP box they responded with "their FP box was ok because it was produced after X date (I asked for a copy of their response, haven't received it yet). What's the skinny on production dates, if any. TIA.

What year did they start and stop producing T1-11? TIA

From my understanding they're only to be used with electric dryers, is this the case?

No Kurt, they are restrictions. One elbow is equal to X amount of feet of pipe. Anytime you design a piping system you need to calculate pressure drop. Elbows are much more restrictive to water flow than straight pipe. The point I was making is the water, discharging from the TP valve, must be asked to immediately change direction, this is a restriction. I still think it's bad pratice to pipe a 90° right after the TP outlet. From A.O. Smith. The temperature-pressure relief valve must be installed directly into the fitting of the water heater designed for the relief valve. Position the valve downward and provide tubing so that any discharge will exit only within 6 inches (153 mm) above, or at any distance below the structural floor. Be certain that no contact is made with any live electrical part. The discharge opening must not be blocked or reduced in size under any circumstances. Excessive length, over 30 feet (9.14 m), or use of more than four elbows can cause restriction and reduce the discharge capacity of the valve, see Figure 10.

Ideally you would not want to see a 90 that close to the TPR. Kinda backs it up right from the get go.

Found this at a home inspection yesterday. It was only 40 outside so I didn't run it but I told my client that it would need to be replaced. Download Attachment: 2.jpg 197.06 KB The realtor said, "Ya but it still works!" Download Attachment: Angry.jpg 18.62 KB

This may help Kurt. http://www.alpinehomeair.com/related/Go ... ctions.pdf

Hi Kevin: Look for the numbers like 024, 048, 060. These are short for the BTUS on the air conditioning. 024 being two ton, 048 being 4 ton and 060 being 5 ton. Just remember 12,000 BTUS per ton of cooling. Some manufacturer's like to be really cryptic though.

Seek out, and pay for, a Professional Engineer to correctly design the system for you.

Nothing good comes from undersizing the evaporators. It's bad engineering pratice.

The home inspector lost, as did the real estate agents, the HVAC company who installed the system and the previous homeowner. I think the HI part of the damages was around $10,000. The total award if I recall was near $85,000. $85,000??? For what, pain and suffering? I know, mold caused by the lack of proper dehumidification.