Derek Cole and HVAC technicians troubleshoot a thermostat problem and debate the best way to run ductwork through a tight space. They weigh whether to sleeve a 14x14 duct down to 10x10 and discuss liner thickness, seal points, and fitting turning vanes in cramped conditions.
I know the other day, I almost think that's the unit. I almost think it was 3. The other day I was up there putting those start kits and all that on. That thing never come on all day. I finally got worried about it, went in there and turned thermostat down. It's in that room.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the other units are taken care of.
I think that's the same unit. It was one of them in that room, cuz I say it keeps Coming off a great weekend.
We had a team race. It was at the Spartan event, Spartan Race, but we've raced as a team as well, so all of us. This is the scar to prove it. The bad thing is I thought this was mud when I went into the shower to wash it off, and I I was like, ah, ah, it's not coming off. So that was not a good idea.
What do you think? Line it, just that piece going through there. That way you ain't got to worry about sealing two spots, you ain't got to worry about sealing around the duct wrap.
That's sort of what I was thinking too. And then he's got to figure out how to transition when he gets on the other side because I really didn't size that duct for that, you know what I mean? Because you're gonna lose 4 inches.
Not necessarily. Well, you can, you can lose, you'll lose it. Is it going straight up the wall from there into the attic? How's it going? It comes in and going straight up and you make your, the top with a no-thread on. Your throat will be a sleeve coming through the wall and as soon as it comes in, it'll be rounded off just like it would normally. You can do all of that before he gets all of that done. You know, all this stuff on the inside, you don't have to worry about working around that.
I don't know if we're going to have turning vanes.
You still could do that. You can still do turning vanes with no throat on the top.
You saying basically tap in the top of that duct?
That sleeve that comes in? No, the sleeve that comes in, let the sleeve come in, be your throat, the start of your throat, and let the bottom be the rounded part.
That's fine, but you can have your turning vanes in there. That duct's 14 by 14. No, when I line it, now it's 10 by 10.
Well, just— I was going to do it up my line sleeve to come through the wall.
Yeah.
I'll wrap the rest of it.
Oh, then you ain't worried about choking it right there?
I wouldn't think so. I mean, if you do a— you doing 2-inch liner or you doing 1.5-inch liner?
I mean, about all we keep is 2-inch. And then if you do that, to me, that's what you do outside too.
I'm saying if you tap in, if you don't do anything but tap into it, tap in in the center where your liner is at the top of your duct, you ain't losing nothing. Your air is going straight through the liner. It's going to be the same size as your duct duct tube.
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