I remember the AC company owner saying that it could be done in a single day when he was out planning the job. They ended up doing it in two days, but I would have guessed at least a week after seeing what goes into this step. They have all this raw HVAC material - bags of vent ducts, vents, tubing, etc - and they basically have to fabricate everything to the house. It's like making your own puzzle.
They ran all of the ductwork first and then worked on the lines and the vents, return air, and furnaces. These guys also put in all of the exhaust vents and the vent for the dryer. We have two separate units in this house, one for the downstairs and one for the upstairs. There was a lot of wood work that went into this as well. They had to build the decking for the furnaces and they used wood from our giant scrap pile to frame vent mounting points and to brace things. (My builder had told me that the AC guys would be the last ones that might use scrap wood so after they were done we could clean up the pile. True to his word the pile is being loaded into a dump trailer as I write this.)
One of the two furnaces. Our layout actually ended up being pretty easy for AC design and install - at least that's what they tell me.
You can see how they use boards to brace all of the vents.
The utility room. I'm not sure they installed the dryer vent in the right place, but it works for me if it's okay with the inspector.
This just shows a vent and an exhaust vent.
The only other thing that's happened is that the roofers came back and installed all of the Air Hawks they didn't have when they put the roof on. They did this in a morning and put them all on the back side of the roof, which I assume is fine. It wasn't a critical timeline hold up, but it's now in the "completed" box.
Now we wait on the electrician to start. I've been told he is contracted, but waiting for a crew to free up.
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