Correct Size AC

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by dbreen

Jae,

Thanks for the information. What do you look for when inspecting the a/c if not the splits. Do you take the panel off and check the evaporator coil etc?

As an HI what would you be inspecting the coil for? What do you think you might see and how would you report it?? ...and "what...for?" does not mean why. I'm asking what are you looking for as an HI?

[Richard L. Bennett]

So Jae do you recommend that HVAC units be out of our SOP??


I still go back to the fact that if you think it is bad report it


rlb

[Jae Williams]

Not at all. But I wouldn't recommend taking off the panels. I turn down the thermostat and let 'er rip. As hot as it has been this summer, the client is glad to have it on.

And isn't that what air conditioning is all about--cooling the people inside the house? If they're comfortable, so am I...and leave it at that.

I see nothing wrong with recording splits--sometimes it can be used to show someone that the unit is cooling. But HIs should be careful about relying too much on splits for information.

Report that it is working...how well it's working is really not an HI bailiwick.

Same with the furnace. Let the client see that it is heating and go on to the next step in your protocol.

[David A. Andersen]

Jae, well put!

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

Not at all. But I wouldn't recommend taking off the panels. I turn down the thermostat and let 'er rip. As hot as it has been this summer, the client is glad to have it on.

And isn't that what air conditioning is all about--cooling the people inside the house? If they're comfortable, so am I...and leave it at that.

I see nothing wrong with recording splits--sometimes it can be used to show someone that the unit is cooling. But HIs should be careful about relying too much on splits for information.

Report that it is working...how well it's working is really not an HI bailiwick.

Same with the furnace. Let the client see that it is heating and go on to the next step in your protocol.

Jae your the man well expained . Me to . It works move on.
Roy Cooke sr . Royshomeinspection.com

[Bruce M. Graham, III]

Jay,
Having spent 16 years in the HVAC industry I would have to disagree with your comment regarding panels. I will let the photos speak for themselfs. I for one do not want to pay for cleaning someones unit.
Happy Inspecting

[hspinnler]

You're right Jae. But I was trying to be helpful by changing a filter in a ceiling return yesterday. The old one was thickly coated with nicotine by the recently departed owner.

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by bgraham

Jay,
Having spent 16 years in the HVAC industry I would have to disagree with your comment regarding panels. I will let the photos speak for themselfs. I for one do not want to pay for cleaning someones unit.
Happy Inspecting

That's because you have some experience and may know what you're doing...and what any findings might mean.

I'm speaking to the general HI who has no expertise in the HVAC field and could get themselves in trouble with limited knowledge.

I spent over 30 years as an HVAC and I still defer inspections to an HVAC tech. I've grown quite weary of working on them--so I just inspect them.

If you want to go deeper into the unit--go ahead. But be prepared...

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by bgraham

Jay,
. I for one do not want to pay for cleaning someones unit.
Happy Inspecting

Why would you pay for it..did you get it dirty???

[Russel Ray]

Give me a J.

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What does it spell?

Jae!

(My way of saying that I agree with Jae's posts. )

[Bruce M. Graham, III]

You know owners and buyers if its not in the report it must be ok, and they should not have to spend their own money to maintain their own house.

Don't get me wrong Jae I don't pull out the gauges just looking, but I feel the suction line in cooling mode, but even that is not a tell all.

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by rray

Give me a J.

J!

Give me an A.

A!

Give me an E.

E!

What does it spell?

Jae!

(My way of saying that I agree with Jae's posts. )

Tappin' Jose and Margie again, are we???

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

Jose and Margie

They love me because I let them go to the beach whenever the temperature gets above 80°. That's not often, but nevertheless....