Here is a picture of "before" look at the light bulb (not lit) for a reference point.
Here is the after picture. Only a 6-8 foot decked crawl now.
Total count was 5 cut trusses, 6 truck loads of trash, 3 air handlers left behind, and 4 days of work for 3 men. 
Here is a sneak peak of the Thunder and Lightning tour shirts.
I have shown this before. Ducts laying on insulation WILL create water. It is like putting 2 coolers on top of each other, water will create quickly. As you can see with these pictures the ducts are touching everything, and with the high humidity this year my customer has water stains EVERYWHERE in her home.
Also because the unit had a "butt plate" return plenum on it, the air handler sweats too. The installing company thought taking insulation from the ceiling and shoving it in the emergency drain pan and under the air handler unit will help. Again insulation on insulation makes more moisture. The bottom of the air handler is rusted out and the emergency pan its on its way, not to mention the mold growing and a few rodents starting homes and family's in there.
This is were the water is after I moved the duct over a few feet.
Trash....Trash.....Trash.... I don't need to remove any stinkin trash. On top off all this they left all the trash in the attic. A good van or two worth of trash.
Alot of pictures this week!!
This is our 2nd part of our crawl. Keep in mind outside 84 beautiful degrees. Inside attic 95 to 100 degrees. 12 foot crawl here to get to the pull chain light. Note: don't pull the wrong chain, the Tv and wireless computer stuff is plugged into the light too. Last time I was here and made this mistake, the TV shut off and the on line stuff crashed. Customer was stoked on this.
Notice the old abandoned air handler to the left, and all the duct laying on the insulation.
Now part 3 of this nice crawl across the ceiling.
Wrestle 10 feet over and under trusses to this delightful 4 year old air handler. The install of this job is horrendous. The ducts are strapped with old telephone wire. The unit is supported with used old cracking wood. Water dripping off of everything.
Please don't let me step through the ceiling. Plywood ran out a while back.
Well here I am, 4 feet away, Hey what is this? Oh it's just a truss cut out and wedged into an old used duct plenum to keep it from falling off the air handler. Supply duct only 18 inches long, should a minimum of 3 feet, and new.
Note: A TRUSS SHOULD NEVER BE CUT AND REMOVED!!
I counted 3 cut in this house.
This is a picture of the back side of the air handler. This is called the return air side of the unit. This is were clean, non restricted air goes into the machine. It should be in a nice 3 to 4 foot plenum. This one is a piece of flex duct shoved into the back. we call this a butt plate. Hey someone left their gloves with a bucket of trash.
What does this all add up to?
A big mess!
The boys are at it again, with a bunch of special guests.
The Contest is simple.
As you can see I have plenty of stickers.
I have 2,000 left and I just ordered another 12,000 more.
Call 283-7222 to request some or send a SASE to:
Grateful Air Conditioning/ Sticker Request
4932 SE Pompano Terr. Stuart, Florida 34997.
First drawing on 9/26/2008
Stay cool and put up those stickers.......Tim
You better believe I've been workin all day,
Typical call on a typical day.
A nest of bees up in the eave, on the roof of the house.
It's hard to see in these pictures, but this nest is big. Real big.
I tell the customer about there situation and the knew all about it, and they had no plans for removal. They even went as far as to tell me they are also in the attic, and they come IN the house sometimes.
I don't know about you but I would have an issue with a nest like this on my house. I also would have a major issue with bees in my home.
Oh well, to each it's own.
Fay, Fay blow away. Come another hurricane day.
3 things that I do not like:
Bee hives the size of a small bed.
Hurricanes in the Caribbean.
And poorly installed air conditioning systems.
Stay cool and have some fun,
Tim
PS I also don't like octopus when diving, they give me the willies.
8-1-1942 - 8-9-1995
The above picture is a used evap coil. The coil is filtered and needs to stay clean for the air conditioner to run properly and efficiently. This IS NOT a clean coil.
This is the new coil. This is what it should look like.
Do I need my ducts cleaned?
This is not a good situation.
How did it get this way?
Lack of maintenance.
Crappy return filter.
Most important undersized and improper ducting.
Know what and if your contractor knows what they are doing. Both of these pictures are from units that are less than 5 years old!
Breath safe,
Tim
What do you say we go on down south, sit for a spell and sip some lemonade?
Here is a picture of Sam a few weeks before he became a world traveler and went to Europe for three weeks.
Being gone for three weeks something has changed about him but I just can't put a finger on it.
Oh well I'll figure it out soon enough.
I'm making Sam anything he wants for dinner tonight, and I think I'll make him a cake too.
It's great to have Sam home.
Tim
Here is a cool poster from Phil Lesh and Friends. The Warfield in San Fran. is closing and Phil has the last 5 nights booked. They been throwing down the bombs! Playing full multi Dead albums each night! Check some action on philzone.com. Also check out archives.org for LOADS of free live music.
After looking at this unit and showing the customer pictures of it (it is on a tall rooftop) the question was asked "Will it last another year?" I wish I had a dollar every time I heard that question.
Installed 2 new systems last year for the Walsh family. They are saving 72% off of the cooling bill! These 2 systems will be paid for in full in 42 months! In 3 1/2 years!!!! I don't know about you but I hate paying that power bill.
The weather is still perfect for pompano fishing. Light current, light westerly winds, the water is clean.
I am not a huge fish eater or a fish killer, but we do love those pompano. We will get another 3 meals from them and some Friends will stop by this afternoon to enjoy a few. 3 fish at 2 lbs. each is a real feast.
This weather is supposed to last past the weekend, we will try it again on Saturday.
Till then, stay cool
Tim
Ted kept asking over and over to go to the beach today. I had a boatload of paperwork to do and I kept saying no. Then Anita said she would go and kept asking me to go and try to fish. I finally gave in and we went. It was real windy and we were watching the kite surfers coming and going. Those people rock! Looks like alot of fun. Some of them catch some massive air. I hung out and the tide came in and the waves started to mellow out and the wind too. Still waiting and all of a sudden bait fish appeared and birds were diving and the beach came alive.
In the time span of about 2 to 2 1/2 hours we caught a MESS of fish. 13 pompano, a dozen blue runners, couple of whitting, a couple of croacker, 2 ladyfish, a bluefish, and a 6 to 7 foot shark ate another pompano and ripped up my rig.
The final count was 13 pompano for the grill and we will feed a few neighbors, They ALWAYS like when we catch too many pompano. May 3rd is very late for pompano. The moral of the story is when asked to go the beach, Go! The paperwork will always be waiting for me. My family will be grown and gone before I know it.
Till next week,
Tim
P.S. anyone want a fish or two for dinner give me a call.
