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<blockquote data-quote="Letfreedomring" data-source="post: 4281121" data-attributes="member: 50298"><p>Not sure who inspects new builds, but I suspect it is Joe Bob's kin that just pops head in attic and says:'Looks good from here!' I was laid off for a few months during the scamdemic and got restless so decided to fix some f-ups from my 2010 built house.</p><p>The contractor installed a 93% (Concord) in the attic with the condensate line dropping into washer drain box. Every time the furnace came on you could hear gurgling and fan noises coming out of laundry room and in the summer when a/c kicked on, all the vents would blow warm for about 30sec until cooling off. Upon inspection I found the contractor failed to install any traps in the condensate line and main trunk and return coming off unit was not insulated. During my inspection I found a disc cut-out from the trunk and noticed some thin furry stuff stuck to back side that I assumed was supposed to be insulation. You could still see metal through the "insulation". I installed a couple of waterless traps on condensate lines and wrapped everything in insulation and it seems to really help.</p><p>TL;DR- New builder's suk!</p><p>Before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]486569[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]486570[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]486571[/ATTACH]</p><p>After:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]486572[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]486573[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plus they just ran bathroom vents to terminate under blown-in insulation!<img src="/images/smilies/new/angry3.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry3:" title="Angry3 :angry3:" data-shortname=":angry3:" /></p><p></p><p>ETA: These are the traps I installed. One on the exhaust drop leg and another on end of line in washer drain box. They work great, but are hard to find and not very cheap. </p><p><a href="https://www.famous-supply.com/Product/3068843" target="_blank">https://www.famous-supply.com/Product/3068843</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Letfreedomring, post: 4281121, member: 50298"] Not sure who inspects new builds, but I suspect it is Joe Bob's kin that just pops head in attic and says:'Looks good from here!' I was laid off for a few months during the scamdemic and got restless so decided to fix some f-ups from my 2010 built house. The contractor installed a 93% (Concord) in the attic with the condensate line dropping into washer drain box. Every time the furnace came on you could hear gurgling and fan noises coming out of laundry room and in the summer when a/c kicked on, all the vents would blow warm for about 30sec until cooling off. Upon inspection I found the contractor failed to install any traps in the condensate line and main trunk and return coming off unit was not insulated. During my inspection I found a disc cut-out from the trunk and noticed some thin furry stuff stuck to back side that I assumed was supposed to be insulation. You could still see metal through the "insulation". I installed a couple of waterless traps on condensate lines and wrapped everything in insulation and it seems to really help. TL;DR- New builder's suk! Before: [ATTACH type="full" alt="20160512_090958.jpg"]486569[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20160512_091215.jpg"]486570[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20160514_133053.jpg"]486571[/ATTACH] After: [ATTACH type="full" alt="20160515_141612.jpg"]486572[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20160514_133041.jpg"]486573[/ATTACH] Plus they just ran bathroom vents to terminate under blown-in insulation!:angry3: ETA: These are the traps I installed. One on the exhaust drop leg and another on end of line in washer drain box. They work great, but are hard to find and not very cheap. [URL]https://www.famous-supply.com/Product/3068843[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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