I can’t find the thread where I was building these units – may be at Quittin Time – but here’s the finished products on a very cool house:
Edited 6/14/2009 7:29 pm ET by seeyou
I can’t find the thread where I was building these units – may be at Quittin Time – but here’s the finished products on a very cool house:
Keeping HVAC systems within the conditioned enclosure can be tough without a basement; one option is to use plenum trusses for the roof, which offer a space for equipment and ductwork.
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Spectacular. Are those the big mamma jammas you showed us as you were fabricating them? Weren't they several feet long or something?
Are those the big mamma jammas you showed us as you were fabricating them?
Yup - I can't find that thread, though. One of them is about 8' long.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Copper Chimney Caps @ Quittintime.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Grant ,
Do you install the lightning rod set up or others .
Looks like they could use snow guards too !! <G>
Do you install the lightning rod set up or others .
In this case, the ground cable was laid into the chimney. The lightning protection people handed us the air terminals and we installed them and clamped to the pigtail coming out of the top of the chimney.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Very nice!
Is that cultured stone?
If not, that is one hell of a mason.
Is that cultured stone?
No sir - real stone.
If not, that is one hell of a mason.
Yeah - he's easy to work with as well.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image