Thursday, July 2, 2020

HVAC replacement, new roof and gutters

After the water heater, I went spending wild, and have been enjoying putting the responsibility of fixing the house into the pros hands. To continue throwing money at problems, I replaced the furnace, the A/C, the roof, and the gutters. The furnace was long due to be replaced, and when doing so, I had to replace the A/C because the old one used now illegal refrigerant. The new furnace is 96% efficient, and the A/C compressor is huge (and quiet) compared to the previous one. I also went fancy and got an ecobee 4 pro thermostat.
As far as the roof, I opted for a Landmark Pro shingle in Max Def Weathered Wood. I liked the variety in colors and figure it'll match well now, and for any house color in the future. The gutters are just a seamless aluminium with Gutterstuff gutter guards.

New Ruud U96 furnance

Exhaust and now, intake, using existing flue.

Light at the end of the tunnel...

New roof. They even painted the flue and other exhaust pipes.

Friday, February 21, 2020

Water heater update

My vintage 1998 water heater finally tanked and started to leak all over the floor. Luckily it was slow and I discovered it pretty quickly. After that, the search for a plumber and researching what was the best replacement began. I was toying with the idea of installing my own tankless water heater but when I had to deal with no hot water at all in the house, the urgency of the fix really sunk in. A pro took all day to install the gear. It probably would have taken me weeks...
So, I got a tankless water heater and a water softener installed. Turns out my plumbing was already set up for a softener, I was just clueless to the fact. As I didn't do anything - here's just the before and after photos of the plumber's work. Wait! I did add an electrical outlet for the heater and softener...


Before. Tank.

After. Rinnai RUR199IN Tankless heater and a softener.


Front of house before.

Added exhaust and intake cover for heater.