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odd place for a register - 22 Replies
5/9/2008 1:20 PM
What would you say about this in the report?



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is this UNDERGROUND oil tank or above ground? - 10 Replies
5/9/2008 10:25 AM
I am helping my parents purchase a house and am concerned about the possibility of one of the homes we are interested in having an underground oil tank. My father loves this particular home so he put down an offer on the house and $500 deposit without knowing the details of the oil tank location. Th........
 
Efflorescence around the furnace exhaust pipe - 2 Replies
5/7/2008 10:48 PM
Hi,

I have visited a house recently. The house was built in 1963. The house use a oil furnace with forced air. I've noticed that the furnace has two exhaust pipes that are exiting through the basement wall. Around one of the exhaust pipe there is a fair amount of efflorescence.

Do you have........
 
Rheem draft inducer replacement. Lose hi limit? - 6 Replies
5/7/2008 3:45 PM
I've probably seen a hundred or so Rheem/Ruud furnaces from the '90s that have had their draft inducers replaced. This was the first time I've seen one where one of the hi-limit switches had been removed in the process.

The HVAC tech, who says he's a Rheem factory-authorized tech, says that the........
 
Age Identification Of York Electric Furnace - 4 Replies
5/5/2008 9:48 PM
Can anyone advise me on how to extract the age from these numbers:

Model Number: MKPS334680
Serial Number: N2AHD14A06A

Thanks......
 
Water heater in attic? - 9 Replies
4/30/2008 9:22 AM
Any have a problem with a water heater in an attic in the NE USA?

Had another inspector tell me I should have recommended moving the unit as the temperture in the attic in the winter gets very cold.

It would be a big job in this house......
 
whats inside there? - 4 Replies
4/30/2008 6:15 AM
This is a furnace in a manufactured home. The thing that the arrow is pointed to is making a lot of unusual noises, what is that?

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Split Level Homes - 10 Replies
4/30/2008 4:42 AM
Hello,

Make you can help me out. I was told by an alleged HVAC "expert" that 90% of split level homes in the North East do not provide air conditioning to the grade level because cold air descends.

Is there any truth to that?

Thank you,
Jason
 
propane converter installed? - 4 Replies
4/29/2008 2:53 PM
Hi, first time posting here. I inspected a gas forced air furnance that runs on natural gas, but noticed a sticker stating it was fitted for propane. It's a Trane XE 70, Model #TUS100B936A0, manufactured around 1990. Is there some easy way to tell if it has a propane converter kit installed wh........
 
furnace return air next to woodstove - 3 Replies
4/29/2008 1:29 PM
2006 IRC: Does M1602 Exception 2.3 apply?

I am looking for a reason to write up this furnace return air duct above the wood stove. It is one of 3 return air ducts in the home for a new electric funace install (older return air). The house was built in 1978.

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