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Posted by KJPRO on July 10, 2008, 4:23 pm
> KJPRO wrote:
>> Ok, we start with a guy who is a roofer. He is hired to re-shingle a
>> residential home.
>> The owner asks if he can remove the brick chimney and run a normal
>> furnace pipe through the roof.
>> The roofer says this is no problem as he does this all the time now.
>> He would normally hire an HVAC guy to do this part of the job. BUT, he
>> has watched him and has learnt how to do them himself.
>> (YEP... first mistake!)
>>
>> So, this is how the story goes...
>> A long time client calls and ask if I can stop by to look at a chimney
>> job. Stating that he doesn't think its done properly and believes there
>> will be problems once the furnace is needed this Winter. He explains that
>> the roofer capped the chimney with metal. Then cut a hole in the metal
>> and stuck a pipe through it and then through the new roof.
>>
>> Ok, no problem, I'll stop by, take a look and see what's needed to make
>> things right.
>>
>> OH BOY!!!!!!
>>
>> I get there and as I'm walking around the house I see a 4" pipe
>> protruding through the roof about foot. Never mind that this is under the
>> peak of the roof and near a valley!
>> And since when, can you use a plastic roof flashing to vent an old
>> "natural draft" furnace and a standard water heater??? It's not like it's
>> a new high efficiency model.
>>
>> I go down into the basement to see what's going to be needed... a 150K
>> natural draft furnace with a 6" flu outlet and a 38K 40 gal natural draft
>> water heater with a 3" flu outlet... all venting into the brick chimney.
>> Go up on the roof to see that the 4" pipe is not only *SINGLE WALL* but
>> it's also *ALUMINUM* pipe!!! Forget the clearances needed for the proper
>> pipe... this shit is about 1/2" away from the roof decking!!! With only
>> the water heater being operational at the time, this thing is venting flu
>> gases into the attic space!!! Thankfully this is just under the power
>> ventilator for the attic.
>>
>> So... needless to say... this guy hasn't learned anything about what it
>> takes to vent a gas fired appliance. But one thing is for SURE... if his
>> messes don't get corrected and he keeps doing this shit... he's going to
>> kill someone! :-(
>> Sad thing is... how many furnaces are screwed up by this Bozo and how
>> many people are getting poisoned by combustion by-products???
>>
>> Scary shit!!!
>
> Could this be some kind of a sick revenge on the cheapskates in life?
Very far from it, in this case.
This client is one that I prefer to work for... he wants things done
correctly and doesn't price shop.
It just happens that this contractor isn't up to par on mechanical items, as
he claims.
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