2X4 Wooden Damper

2X4 Wooden Damper

View this new sensation in retrofit HVAC duct renovation, brought to us courtesy of Joe Gorman, President of JP Gorman in Rocklin, California. Two 2×4’s are skillfully screwed together with top quality brass zip screws to exert the exact amount of pressure...
Alan’s Magic Flue

Alan’s Magic Flue

Alan Fisher’s Magic Flue If this flue worked, it would be a miracle! This classic picture makes anyone that sees it wonder how the occupants of this California home survived. A flexible flue was crimped and shoved into an existing flue in a manner appearing to...
Fan Opening

Fan Opening

Fan Opening – Alan Fischer This is the best photo we’ve ever received revealing the carpenter’s engineering capabilities when it comes to sizing the opening in the plywood below an upflow furnace. Basically the carpenter has no idea of the needed...
Kathy’s Discovery

Kathy’s Discovery

NCI Member Kathy Townsend of Newington, VA submitted this photo snapped by an on-the-ball service technician. The homeowner had added a room over the summer and for some reason was having a problem keeping the furnace going on the first cold day. When the tech...
Air Can’t Do That

Air Can’t Do That

Kevin Heikkila found this ten gallon duct in a five gallon bucket on a Michigan commercial job. Kevin specializes in hospitals and institutional type buildings. You would imagine this level of work wouldn’t have new construction residential defect like this, but...