Some people just don't get it

[Peter Doane]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Peter, you got that out of the Architectural Digest or you got good mechanical contractors that demand a service plateform.

AC Plywood to boot, man should of been painted. ha. ha.

Peter, if this is one of your picture, the first two rafters to your upper right, one seems to indicate a scab on the rafter and the first one appears to change color in the wood indicating something changed.

I am not trying to find fault, curious after noticing. Incandescent bulb? Yea I know, they all use that right?

Marcel

Noooooooo I googled the pic. I didnt want to wade through all my pics to find a good example of a plateform around a attic HVAC system. Good catch though my firend.

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by pdoane

If the HVAC system is in the attic, Id hope there was a "working" platform around it.

Wow, if only 1% of the attic systems looked like that...!

I'd almost sleep up there.

[William J. Decker]

Originally Posted by dvalley

You would think that common sense would have told the homeowner to install some sort of landing in front of the filter area. Why do a ridiculous balance act two or three times a year? That's his/her own fault.

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Two or three times a year? Try every 30 days (recommended by most manufacturers.

[Bob Elliott]

Will ...I tell them it depends on the air quality.(true)
Attic installations are just a bad idea anyway.Hope they had a pan.

[Charles L. Harper]

Oh yes, there was plenty of room for repair and such. He was tugging on the filter and lost his balance. He was just a "dum mass".

[William J. Decker]

Originally Posted by relliott

Will ...I tell them it depends on the air quality.(true)
Attic installations are just a bad idea anyway.Hope they had a pan.

Furnace filters are not to filter the air in the house with regards to air quality issues. Furnace filters are to protect the heat exchanger (and A/C coil) from excessive dust buildup.

If there are air quaility issues, there are special units that can be added to the furnace.

HEPPA, filtrete and the so called "allergy" filters (a) don't really work with regards to air quality and (b) usually restrict the return air flow too much.

Furnace filters should be replaced every 30 days. In the spring or fall, when the furnace blower is not operating to any great amount, ths can be relaxed somewhat, but 30 days is the habit that you want your client to get into.

[mjones6]

I actually go a 3rd degree burn on my hand last week taking a pop tart out of the toaster, Should I be upset with Paris Hilton for not being there to tell me "That's hot"

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by mjones6

I actually go a 3rd degree burn on my hand last week taking a pop tart out of the toaster, Should I be upset with Paris Hilton for not being there to tell me "That's hot"

No, but James BushTart would agree that you don't need a license to operate the toaster.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by bdoles2

No, but James BushTart would agree that you don't need a license to operate the toaster.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by wdecker

Two or three times a year? Try every 30 days (recommended by most manufacturers.

Not.....

[klott]

I seem to remember being advised to change the filter every 3 to 4 months depending on enviroment, would be more efficient. I think the man who fell thru, was probably trying to say, you should have changed the filter while you were inspecting it, since you took the filters up there in the first place. He was trying to save face, he already bruised his fanny, why bruise ego too. JMO

[klott]

Originally Posted by pdoane

If the HVAC system is in the attic, Id hope there was a "working" platform around it.

That looks like a display in a HVAC manufacturers lobby, it's spotless, If I ever found one that clean, I might pay them for letting me inspect it!

[FRHI]

Thats just funny