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Post a picture of your current job.

Previous Threads.
Part I
Part II
 
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Sunroom addition.

First picture was August 12 when I looked at the job for the first time. Gave them a price and got the job but told them it would be awhile before we could start.

Second and Thirds pics were December 16 when we began the project.

Then the rains began and the yard has terrible drainage and so it stays wet. Thankfully we got a full week of dry weather and we were able to get the slab in.

Decided that with the location of the slab behind the house and not being able to get a big truck back there, nowhere to dump dirt, plus a skid steer would tear up the yard, I chose to pour the entire depth (8”) with concrete instead of trying to bring in red fill sand.

Formed, termite treatment and inspection yesterday. Place and finish today.
 
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I absolutely ****ing love these jobs[emoji41]

First temp support beam is in.

4 or 5 more to go.

Also very happy that we went cost plus on this one.

I'm positive I would not have charged nearly enough. These temp support materials and labor alone is probably 2x what I was thinking it would be to have the new actual beams installed.

I owe that one to you guys for teaching me all these years....thanks guys.
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A&E Exteriors said:
I absolutely ****ing love these jobs[emoji41]

First temp support beam is in.

4 or 5 more to go.

Also very happy that we went cost plus on this one.

I'm positive I would not have charged nearly enough. These temp support materials and labor alone is probably 2x what I was thinking it would be to have the new actual beams installed.

I owe that one to you guys for teaching me all these years....thanks guys.
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Are you on your own again?

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Leo G said:
Nope. Combustion Chamber insulation failure. Looked in through the sight window and looked like there was a board leaning against it. Knew exactly what it was. On order now. No one has it local and they'd have to order it just like me.

Hope not to much damage happens before it arrives.

I'm sure the furnace being underwater for a few days had nothing to do with it. 😠
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Well today was furnace day, X2. I had my new furnace delivered to the shop for the sprayroom. Just had to off load it from the truck and put it into the shop. Lots more work coming to get it installed, mostly the ducting. Easy Peasy, well for today.

Next furnace job is at home. Need to replace the combustion chamber insulation. I have a Slant-Fin L30 furnace that needed the Lynn 1087 kit. This issue happened most likely because of the flood in the basement that was 18" deep covering the combustion chamber completely.

Last few days I've been putting penetrating oil on the 4 nuts that hold the combustion chamber hatch on. Worked great. Nuts came off no problem with a ratchet wrench. Had to disconnect the oil line and the electric to the flame sensor box. Did that after I shut it down to cool off.

Got the hatch off and oh ya nice. Nearly half full of soot and insulation.
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The front hatch wasn't that bad. Insulation was mostly intact and in fair condition.
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Round one of cleaning I filled up this pot, think it's 10qts. Round 2 filled it up again.
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After scraping, wire brushing and vacuuming it was pretty clean
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So now it's clean and it's time to start putting it back together. The front hatch insulation needed to be fit a bit. One of the corners had to tight of a radius and I sanded it to fit and the hole wasn't center around the burner and had to be sanded too. Went it good after that. Filled in the opening with the floor insulation.
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Then the target wall needed to be fit a small bit. Little sanding and a few shims got it in there tight.
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And then the floor is a blanket. Had to cut it to size and then pour Water Glass on the bottom which is a high temperature glue. Then set the blanket into the Water Glass making sure the blanket overlaps the target wall insulation.
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Last thing to do is to put the gasket material into the groove on the hatch. It's like a putty rope. They gave me four lengths and I used 1 1/2 to complete the seal.
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Put the hatch back on, and torqued the four nuts til the gasket material squeezed out and went metal to metal. Then hooked up the oil and the electrical. Turned the oil back on at the tank and flipped the electrical switch on.

Normally it takes 2 seconds for flame, took 4 second first fire up. Stayed true and steady. Working great.
 
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I was waiting for that. I told my wife someone would comment about sanding. I can't even repair a furnace without taking out thee ole aluminum oxide paper.
 
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Relatively simple to do. I watched a video of someone doing it on a different burner. Same process though. I did a much better job than him. Wire brushing to get it as clean as possible, vacuuming is something he didn't do and had problems with the Water Glass not adhering as good as it should have. He had issues putting his gasket on. But it was a rope with an adhesive strip and it wouldn't stick well because he didn't clean it well enough.

But that was enough for me to know what to do. I guessed 3 hours and it took 3h 15m. That included a trip to the hardware store for the wire wheel. I picked today because it's the only day that's somewhat warm in the near future. 43º today and only in the upper 20s for the rest of the week minus tomorrow which is going to be 34º with snow. That way the furnace being shut down wouldn't affect the house temp that much and it didn't.

Had to be done. Might as well learn something new.
 
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The furnace seems more quiet now. Use to be able to hear it fire up while in my recliner. Now I can't, I can still hear it in the kitchen which is right above the furnace.

Nice benefit from having a combustion chamber that isn't 40% filled with ash and broken insulation. Been working for 33 years and the furnace body itself is in great condition. Other things can be easily replaced if necessary.
 
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It's a boiler not a furnace, c'mon man

The guy who showed me how to fix my boiler because he was getting too old 85 would always remind me when I called him to fix my furnace. A furnace heats with air a boiler heats with water

That water sure did a job on that,
Not that you will need to do it again but there is a combustion chamber adhesive that comes in a quart container that holds the mat down, can be thick or thin as needed for rough surfaces
 
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The mat is glued down. Used Water Glass. The kit came with a 4oz bottle which was enough to coat the bottom of the chamber and set the mat into the bed of adhesive. Had no problem with the floor mat, the back wall is what disconnected. It's only a pressure fit.

And it doesn't boil any water unless it's a steam unit. I'll still call it a furnace because of that.
 
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This project eill be done soon and I'll post some more pics of the exterior and kitchen. We moved some walls and eliminated a fireplace there. The beams are false.

Second to last set of cabinets we will do in house for some time.
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Oooo purple fire....
 
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