Sawdust/Wood smell from HVAC ducts after cleaning outside coils
Paul Thomas
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Comments (67)I too have the same problem and have had the problem since day one in a new house that was built with a Lennox System. You'll get no help from Lennox, they could care less about the issue. I'm working with a HVAC Company that is a factory representative for Lennox. Our furnace is located in the attic and I've had my ducts clean first, then had my ducts replaced and my Evaporation coil clean and nothing changed. (I've also verified the coil is one from Lennox). I checked with at least 10 labs and was quoted a price of between $600 and $2000 to get testing done. I've also resealed around all my duct vents to prevent any insulation contamination. Nothing I've done has reduced the problem....See MoreHVAC issues, bad business, bad coils
Comments (17)Well your situation is rather unique, but in the terms of the warranty from manufacturer, the burden of proof still would fall on you. Homebuilders are not known for providing warranties / registering equipment --- there are a slew of home builder problems on this board. Some HVAC related, with many others completely different problems. I doubt the GC put it in his name because this would require work on his part, his name probably appeared there because he was the one who bought the machine from the manufacturer. Homebuilders 'typically' do not register the equipment, they are more interested in going off to the next build. They build, it's what they do. How do I know this? Because had he registered it in his name the warranty would be 10 years and not 5. If the equipment is not 'officially' registered there is no record of who 'owns' it, except of course who bought it. Equipment made these days have codes built in as to knowing the day and in some cases the hour in which the machine came off the assembly line. Without registration the manufacture allows up to 90 days beyond the date in which the machine came off the production line. So Mr./Mrs. home owner comes along buys a new home... wow everything is new, looks great. No worries everything is 'new'. You have a life so you don't concern yourself with things that 'could' go wrong. Like documentation of equipment warranties and things like that. As I said above, right - wrong or indifferent this is the way things work in this realm. (you don't have to like it, I didn't make up any of these rules -- I am not a homebuilder. I am the one who comes in and corrects homebuilder mistakes. I am not paid by the homebuilder -- I am paid by YOU. The homeowner.) It is up to you, the home owner to 'make sure' everything is to your liking. Including the name in which is on the contract specifying who owns the equipment at your home. Equipment warranties can be expensive for a manufacturer, there's paper work processing to validate that the warranty is credible or not, there's hacks out there that are claiming warranty when in fact there is nothing wrong. So because of all this nonsense that happened in the past has put us where we are now. I don't doubt that it took you time to sort this out. But in the eyes of the manufacturer they are standing there holding the tiniest violin in the world and playing 'Comb By Ah My Lord'....See MoreNew HVAC flex ductwork new plastic smell
Comments (17)The ac techs were back at the house today. The replaced the spare bath duct line and the smell went away! I am still not sure why. I smelled the duct work they removed and I smelled inside the box that was connected to the spare bath line. I smelled the boot that they created using duct board and there was an odor to it. It didn't match exactly the smell I was smelling but it was close. They said they used spray adhesive to create the boxes and I asked them not to use it when they made the new boxes. I am not sure if that was the change that made the difference but I am happy nonetheless that the smell is gone. They are going to come out tomorrow to change out the rest of the effected duct lines. I have my fingers crossed that the change solves the problem for the rest of the ducts. I asked the ac techs why only certain vents would be effected if the same materials were used for all the vents. They said they had 3 techs creating boxes that day. Some may have used the spray and others didn't. I am not sure why the spray adhesive is still giving off such a potent smell 5 1/2 weeks after the install. Have my fingers crossed that we can finally have our home back tomorrow!...See MoreNeed help deciding if quoted HVAC system is right size and fair price.
Comments (8)Here's something else to consider when it comes to the Trane brand of equipment. I'm pretty sure my assessment is more than spot on when it comes to this brand. These kinds of things were occurring randomly when I worked for an American Standard dealer over 13 years ago. Here's the thread.... Odd Trane noises new equipment install. With that said, your electric rate not being the problem... 4,000 KWH difference in the summer the problem is most likely the AC's. If you go with a 2 ton unit for the Master& bonus room. The difference from 2 ton to 3 ton is negligible as to what it will cost you to operate it. The furnace is a two stage, so worse case it runs in first stage all the time. A ton of cooling more capacity for the Master & bonus room? The bonus room is a upper floor room right? hot air rises right? Hard to say if that is the reason why the builder did what he did. But if 3 ton and 3 ton worked well before? What is your reason to change that? A heat load calc, that might be fraught with a mistake or two. You, I, nor anyone else knows it was done right? That extra 1 ton of cooling may only come into play in July / August if you use that bonus room in those months and were under a 30 day heat wave of 100F or more. If we were talking some other area other than Texas, I might have a different opinion. How cool do you like to keep the home? What temp. setting on the thermostat?...See MorePaul Thomas
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