Energy Calculation- Tampa area

Posted by KJPRO on August 17, 2008, 12:14 am

> You can either pay an engineer or you can pay a *competent*, licensed,
> insured, professionally trained, HVAC technician to do it.

That's what I was hoping to find here. I've called 10 local HVAC
companies that have good ratings on Angies List, and none of them can
help me out.
One of them said he can do it, but only if I buy a complete system
from him.

You have to buy it from someone...

Posted by Don Ocean on August 17, 2008, 12:17 am

BoaterZ wrote:

>> You can either pay an engineer or you can pay a *competent*, licensed,
>> insured, professionally trained, HVAC technician to do it.

>
> That's what I was hoping to find here. I've called 10 local HVAC
> companies that have good ratings on Angies List, and none of them can
> help me out.
> One of them said he can do it, but only if I buy a complete system
> from him.

Going price for that work to the level required for local building
Authority is normally $350 here for the average home and a sliding scale
for commercial/Industrial and large homes. It is not a job for an amateur.

Posted by geothermaljones on August 19, 2008, 8:13 pm

Have you found a Licensed HVAC contractor to install the system?

These are pretty simple forms,
you can probably fill out most of the info yourself...
How many sf of N/E/S/W walls are there?
What's the R?
SF of glass on each wall?
AFUE of furn, EER/SEER of A/C.
Throw in a mini-split & be done w/it.

If they're asking for "engineered" load calcs beyond these forms, then you
gotta pay for them.
They're not brain surgery, but they do require some work.

Since I can't see your 500sf addition from here, I can't tell you you'll
probably need another 1 Ton of A/C...
but if you want, I can do some loads with proper info.
(& I won't short Stormy in the process!) He's not quite the hack some might
think he is, but others will disagree.

Damn, you missed out on Brett Favre...
My niece & family (in Tampa Bay) are going to have to cheer for the Vikings
again this year...

Minnesota Vikings, Consistently Inconsistent since 1961!

goodluck
geothermaljones

> Looking for a licensed HVAC contractor to perform an Energy
> Calculation on my home. I'm adding an addition and the City of Tampa
> requires that I have one before they will accept my plans.
> The existing house is 1350sft and the addition is approx 500sqft.
> Here's a link to the forms that I must submit-

http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/committees/energy/energy_forms/New_Energy_forms/600C_04Crevised.pdf

> Thanks-
> CM

Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on August 19, 2008, 9:28 pm

geothermaljones posted for all of us...

> He's not quite the hack some might
> think he is, but others will disagree.
>
>

Who would disagree he's a hack?
--
Tekkie - I approve this advertisement/statement/utterance.

Posted by KJPRO on August 19, 2008, 11:10 pm

> (& I won't short Stormy in the process!) He's not quite the hack some
> might
> think he is

First thing that you've posted that I disagree with...

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