Done Furnace Ducting

Just about.

Im getting tired of looking at furnace ducting myself. lol. This was number 3 chunk of heat ducting, and it was supposed to be the last, but after thinking and planning and more thinking, I deciced to buy another chunk.

I had to cut some of it off. All this just for a bathroom register. But now it's done.

I even got a little technical on the camera and got of shot of me pretending to do something. I don't know what it is, but trying to pose for a picture that you take yourself looks kinda dumb. lol.

See, that's what I'm talking about.

I had to build myself some kind of a connector for my air drop to hook into. I know my terms on all this stuff is'nt real professional and some of the workmanship might not be either, but I think it's all going to work for me. I really hope so anyway.

And the air drop boot connecting into the what ya call it that I built.

I'm really glad to see all the main ducting up. Now I do have a little more space for myself to get around. I am now working on the electrical, plumbing the condensation and  gas line in, and running the air intake and exhaust pipes. I still also have the branch ducting to do also. I hope to get an inspection on my gaslines this week and get started on some drywall mudding. Another learning experience.


Disclaimer--IMPORTANT

This is a personal blog, mainly for my own use. I am building a house with my own two hands, but I am learning alot of things as I go. I do not claim to know what I am doing, or if anything I do is even close to being done correctly or safely. So please, if you are planning on using any of my ideas or methods for your own use, please get professional advice before actually following through with your actions. I will not be held responsible for any injuries or damages of any kind caused by information or comments from this blog.

Furnace Installation Mostly.

I'm still playing around with furnace stuff. I did'nt do alot with it over the weekend. Went into town on Saturday thinking I was going to pick some needed items up, but as usual, it just was'nt that simple. I had to wait until Tuesday to go into the furnace shop, as it was a long weekend here in Canada. So I played around with various other things instead of all furnace stuff.

I had some company come over on Monday, and they brought some goodies to bar b que. All I had for a b b que was my ancient old piece of junk that was'nt working so well anymore. But I did have a brand new one not even assebled yet, stashed away in the garage. It's been there for a couple years now I think. We quickly put it together anyway. Nice. I've been meaning to get this baby together for some time now.  

The battery box all painted and almost ready for action.

The plenum for the furnace needs a little modifications in order to fit under the stairs. This was quite a job.

Still modifying the plenum.

The finished product.

There it is sitting on the furnace under the stairs. Nice fit.

Now I gotta cut a hole in the front of the plenum and join this 90 degree elbow up with the plenum. There is another piece that goes in between the two. I'm not real fond of this furnace installation stuff and can't wait until I am workingon a  new stage of the house project. The almighty drywall mudding is still patiently waiting for me.

It's been raining pretty steady here all day yesterday and today. The river is flowing pretty wild again.

 

 

 

Disclaimer--IMPORTANT

This is a personal blog, mainly for my own use. I am building a house with my own two hands, but I am learning alot of things as I go. I do not claim to know what I am doing, or if anything I do is even close to being done correctly or safely. So please, if you are planning on using any of my ideas or methods for your own use, please get professional advice before actually following through with your actions. I will not be held responsible for any injuries or damages of any kind caused by information or comments from this blog.

 

 

 

 

Battery Box Detail and Painting.

This is the battery box. Mom painted this and all the other pieces of the box, and a fine job she did. Thanks mom. It is pretty hard to see the actual color with the lighting, but in real life it is a nice color. I like it. This box is 5 feet long, 28" wide and 22" high. It is designed to fit 12  420 Amp hr, 6 volt batteries. These batteries are about 17" tall.

 This is the top of the back rest, and I'll call this the hydrogen gas compartment. Hydrogen gas is lighter than air and it rises. There is a cover that will be screwed onto the top of this when it is all in production, and a pipe coming right off the top and going directly to the outdoors. I will also have income air going into the box from outside and to somewhere closer to the bottom of the box.

The bottom of the back rest. And the lid for the main battery compartment.

This is nothing to do with batteries. I thought while mom was painting stuff, I might as well whip up a furnace platform for her to paint also.

My brain was mostly doing planning and thinking today, in between little things here and there. This is going to be the furnace return air vent in the living room on the main floor. Gotta cut  an air passage in the floor the length of this framing. That's just about 4 feet.

Just a shot of some of the ducting once assembled. Well I'm back to town in the morning for some more goodies I guess. I wanted to have some ducting hung, but then I did'nt have any of the outlets that will come off the top of the main ducting. Don't know how big to cut the holes or what shape etc. I think it would be alot easier to do it all on the ground.


Disclaimer--IMPORTANT


This is a personal blog, mainly for my own use. I am building a house with my own two hands, but I am learning alot of things as I go. I do not claim to know what I am doing, or if anything I do is even close to being done correctly or safely. So please, if you are planning on using any of my ideas or methods for your own use, please get professional advice before actually following through with your actions. I will not be held responsible for any injuries or damages of any kind caused by information or comments from this blog.

Furnace ducting, Battery Box, Inverter.

I think I got that gas line leak conquered. It's still holding pressure. Today was another run all over town day. I had to go to the furnace place and come up with a plan for a piece of ducting  for them to build me. As my furnace is going under the stairs in the basement, some things with the ducting are not going to fit together with ordinary parts.

This is the plenum which comes off the top of the furnace, and a what ya ma call it that connects to the plenum. And they are in the process of making me a 90 elbow to come off the what ya ma call it. That's what I call it anyway, cuz I forgot its real name.

 And a bunch more ducting that I did'nt yet assemble. I have been trying to get this furnace in, then all the gas appliances, except the stove, will be in. Then I can get things inspected and  maybe utilize some of this for my drywall mudding. It still gets pretty chilly at night sometimes. The other night was pretty close to freezing. I hear that when mudding, things need warmer temps in order to set right, I guess. I sure don't plan on running my new furnace while things are real dusty, but my 2 propane heaters will probably be utilized in the evenings while I am mudding.

Dinners getting closer to that frying pan all the time.

Real close.

I almost forgot to show my battery box. It looks and sits kinda like a bench. I talked mom into coming over tomorrow to give it a shot of paint. I picked up a can of paint today that was less than half price because the tint was wrong for somebody. So the color will be what it is.  I want to paint it inside and out in hopes of helping to seal and preserve it. There will supposedly be a little sulphuric acid fumes floating around in there and hopefully they don't leak out into the house. This box will have a vent line going directly to the outdoors.  Wanted to get a picture of it before the paint.

        Oh ya, and over to the left a bit is my 24 volt magnum inverter hanging on the wall. I don't know if anyone thinks the same as myself, but that bit of solar equipment is kinda purty hanging on the wall. That inverter takes the power from my batteries and turns it into nice clean pure sinewave energy. It runs two hot legs of power, which means that it makes my house just about as normal as anyones, as far as power is concerned. I don't plan on running anything on 240 volt power, but if I wanted to, I could do it with this one inverter. It used to be that you would have to stack two inverters for two legs of power, but not anymore. This helps me wire up my breaker panel. If this inverter only ran one hot leg, I would only be able to use half of my breakers. I guess I could probably modify something in there to correct that(not sure though), but this is a more normal way of doing it. Possibly I may sound like I know my power, but in all reality, I hav'nt a clue. lol. Someone, please wish me some luck. Well ok I do have a bit of a clue, but I aint no pro.


Disclaimer--IMPORTANT


This is a personal blog, mainly for my own use. I am building a house with my own two hands, but I am learning alot of things as I go. I do not claim to know what I am doing, or if anything I do is even close to being done correctly or safely. So please, if you are planning on using any of my ideas or methods for your own use, please get professional advice before actually following through with your actions. I will not be held responsible for any injuries or damages of any kind caused by information or comments from this blog.