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Practical Ideas
Usually, when I'm not answering questions or making new pages for this website I'm monitoring numerous Forum websites. Some of the questions and solutions on these websites seem useful to me and I use them all over my website. However recently I came up with a decision to make a page where my visitors can share their ideas with me and I will publish them on this page.
So, if you got your question answered and thinking that it would be useful to anyone else please let me know on this page. The best way of doing that would be providing me with a link to your thread or submitting your question and the best answer to it. If I'll find out that your thread is worth publishing I will pay you $3.00 by Pay Pal! For the second and every next one I will pay $5.00!
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Ok, as you can see it's kind of an unusual situation, but a very common problem! Concentrics are tending to congestions problems even if they installed it horizontally, because some birds love to nest there!
Normally you can insert a round piece of ¼" inch galvanized mesh to resolve this issue, but unfortunately it won't last too long in general and in this particular case it also will accumulate maple seeds.
The idea of using mesh hardware cloth maybe good, but as it was mentioned earlier:
- Requires its reinstallation at least twice a year
- A concentric wrapped in the mesh doesn't looks right
- Not everyone is able to climb up on the roof and not to end up at the morgue
It is why I have decided to share my idea with you on how to resolve this issue:
If in this case you have a PVC 90* or 45* that you can replace with one of these tees accordingly. The seeds and the other debris would be falling down through the tee, and collected in a piece of pipe with the bushing reducer at the end. Because this particular concentric will collect rainwater even in the summer and condensate water in the heating period you have to drain it by using 3/4" PVC pipes, just run it to the drainage separately.
In order to implement my recommendations I would advise you to buy two related chapters from my "Ductwork Installation Guide":
49. VENTING
50. CONDENSATE LINE
The price of both chapters is only $4.87 total .
Please let me know if you like my solution on this page. And youcan buy some of the materials for this project on the right.
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Leaking PVC Pipe Quiz
 Unfortunately it’s doesn’t matter how good you use a cleaner and PVC cement, but from time to time those pipes are leaking. The other week my boss sent me to do just that: to fix a leak in the PVC exhaust pipe.
When I arrived at the house I found a new guy hopelessly trying to fix the problem for at least an hour. He was applying layer after layer of the PVC cement on a leaking spot but it obviously didn’t work. When he saw me he said that he needs two couplings, two pieces of pipes and a new elbow to replace the leaking one. I said no, this is not how we fix such minor problems in our company. Nowadays it’s easier to fire your sorry ass then spend time and materials for nothing! So I’ve fixed that leak in less then 3 minutes!
The problem which was resolved in the quiz above can occur in any house at any time. If you want to save money and time instead of calling for HVAC tech or plumber ($ 65.00 only for a knock at the door) you can fix it very easy by yourself. With the tools which you already have and materials you can buy you can fix it for less than $10.
So, send me an e-mail with an explanation of your issue and a picture of the leaking spot and if I can help you the price for my help will be only $2.00.
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How to Stop Cold Air from Fresh Air (Combustion Air) Vent in Furnace Room
For years, I've heard about these issues related to the combustion air intakes, but never faced it myself before. However, recently I install one in my house and now I joined a legion of people who are trying to resolve this inconvenience once and for all!
At first as many of you, I've searched the web and all the solutions that I found there were just laughable:
1. Drop the pipe down into an empty 5-gallon bucket.
It doesn't work. You can try it at home just as I did - the result is obvious!
2. Forming very large P-trap with the flexible duct, I am forcing the cold intake air to travel 3 feet uphill again before dropping down into an empty 5-gallon bucket.
I don't even want to give it a try, this idea even if it works is just plain stupid. Just think about it: who in his straight state of mind would buy a box of flex and make a goofy P-trap out of it and after this all done on top of it, again, drop it in a bucket?
3. Install a motorized damper designed by Hoyme.
Well, this is not a really bad idea, but it doesn't work. It doesn't work because you can hook up this damper to the furnace only, and as it said above: "You can install a heat sensor on the tank that will open the damper up".
Look, the average price for the damper is $225.95, plus shipping and handling. Plus installation, and plus a heat sensor with installation - just too expensive!
4. Relocate your fresh air intake combustion pot near the furnace.
Just read above it doesn't work.
5. Ditch the mid-efficiency furnace and go with a high-efficiency furnace.
This one is just plain stupid, I do not want to even discuss it here!
So, I've looked at all this solutions and come up with my own one. Bought materials, installed it and let it work for awhile. It is working.
Now it is time to share this simple and very inexpensive solution (I spent less than $10 on my 4" combustion air intake) with visitors of my site.
On the paid page, you will see pictures of tools and materials and three pictures of installation with step-by-step explanations.
The price for an instant access to the page is only $1.44.
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