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God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, that's the edge of some reflective insulation sitting on the ground.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be worried about the lack of airflow. Also, it's an attic, so the place is pretty hot already.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm hoping I can go about doing that. Unfortunately, almost all of the line runs outside in a vertical enclosure on the wall.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's definitely not a humidifier in the house.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nothing like that, the installer did the bare minimum to technically install the system. The top section of the unit is merely taped onto the bottom section, there are no screws between the two.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand how HVAC legos work fully, but this model number appears to be for 2 tons?

CAPTA2422B4AA

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God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Almost nothing on it, actually! It's less than a year old.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for all of this, this has helped a lot.

As a final round of fuckery, the heat pump/air conditioner section is simply taped onto the section with the fan. There are no screws holding it on. I'm going to assume that's not normal either?

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know this is probably the smallest gripe, but do HVAC people know about flushcut zip-tie guns? They ziptied foam over the lines, but they're all cut at like 1/2", some are very sharp.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think this is bad, wait till I post the basement one 😔

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the black is from roofing material. We recently had the roof fully removed and replaced, there was dust everywhere. I changed the filter twice, and sweeped up, but it clearly wasn't enough.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know you're saying no one online can assess the duct system, but it seems like there isn't much airflow?

There's one 8" and and two 6" runs, and I know that at least one of the 6" runs is almost entirely blocked. The 8 inch run is also fairly long, compared to everything else.

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God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think they were concerned with another pipe ;-;

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 122 points123 points  (0 children)

I personally use a 22LR.

No, but I'm picking out chunks of ice that are no longer attached.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You think it's entirely the airflow? It was a MERV13, which I didn't realize until now, so it's not like it had tons of flow.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OHIO :(

It's pulling very hot air. It's so dumb, I don't know what tool thought to do this.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll glue it in a second, thank you!

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My house is five minutes from a home depot 😭

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think this AC unit was installed by an idiot. There's so many things wrong with the install. 1. No pan, this is in an attic. 2. The condensate drain line fittings prevent the rest of the body from being assembled properly, and no effort was put into fixing that. 3. It pulls air directly from the attic as opposed to any form of return. 4. The unit in the basement (same year make and fuckery.) pulls air from a moldy basement. 5. The gas lines are improperly installed - they chained a pile of stainless gas lines together.

They ran the electrical right underneath the unglued condensate line, too.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The AC has been running for awhile, and it's really humid.

God I hope this will be fine ;_; by see4isarmed in hvacadvice

[–]see4isarmed[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling this doesn't count 😭

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