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Tiny Condo Kitchen Makeover
I finally finished my kitchen makeover that I've been working on for...well...at least three years. I did all of the work myself, with my own two hands, and on a bare bones budget, which
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Heating & Cooling: Is my new A/C functioning correctly?
I just replaced my old 3 ton 10 seer with a new Trane 3.5 ton 15 seer variable speed air handler. This is a A/C heat pump unit. My electric bill is exactly the same, the cold blasts and
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: I have a question about an A/C unit installed on it's side in my attic that is leaking. Is stop leak a viable solution?
I have two separate units installed on their side in my attic (2 blowers/evaporator coils with the condensors outside). One has no problems, the other does. I have had "mildew"
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CommentedThese units are in my home in Northern Indiana.
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Commentedbombing will help but it won't kill the eggs so you will need to re-bomb
We have a septic system and are thinking of updating it.
Do you know a reliable and trustworthy company that does this kind of work?
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CommentedWe, and all of our neighbors, use Craig's Septic. The owner is Kyle Craig. I'd say he is a ...»
Heating & Cooling: A family member has a musty odor in her upstairs rooms that is creeping into more rooms over time.
They have found some evidence of mold in her air handler of her a/c which is in her attic. She has yet to find someone who can provide a resolution after trying several a/c people who all
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CommentedThe home has two air handlers and the one that supplies the air to the upstairs did have mold ...»
The home I just purchased was saturated with cat urine-drywall, flooring down into the concrete below, foot plate,
expansion joint, etc. After serious research, I found a product called OdorXit. Following precise instructions this product eliminated the problem. Thank God!
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The issue is that you now have is that the new system is drawing the temp down to fast resulting in the house temp going down, but with no reduction in humidity.
The whole idea of the multi speed system and being as close to the correct size that you can get, is so the system runs longer, and the air drys better. Resulting in more comfort for you. With the higher efficiency even with the longer run times, you should see a noticeable difference in your power usage.
Ask the installer to provide you with the Manual J load form that they should have used when they picked out the new system for your house. Also ask them for their license number if indeed they have one.
In any case a Manual J is a form that calculates the amount of cooling and heating the house requires based on it's size, location and how it is constructed.
Although it could be a setting as Ellen stated, I doubt that is the issue here. In all the years I have been involved in this industry I have never installed a larger unit in a home, and almost all of the time installed a smaller sized one.