ABATTBQ11 said:

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If it's a closet or something, you can build out a chase in it to the floor below, potentially all the way down to the first floor depending on the rest of the house. That maybe should have been the case, and maybe they were supposed to have return ducts installed going down and and picking up returns between the floor joists or something. Seems like the installer completely forgot or disregarded that

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The house is a weird design and they did not do themselves any favors by putting the HVAC equipment at teh very back in the third floor closet/attic. The air intakes/returns system was completely messed up before even finding the restriction/idiocy.

My hope is that they there might be enough room in the mechanical closet area to reinstall things horizontally. Then they could rework the connection of the return plenum so it attaches on the end of the blower without any restrictions.

Absolute said:

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The house is a weird design and they did not do themselves any favors by putting the HVAC equipment at teh very back in the third floor closet/attic. The air intakes/returns system was completely messed up before even finding the restriction/idiocy.

My hope is that they there might be enough room in the mechanical closet area to reinstall things horizontally. Then they could rework the connection of the return plenum so it attaches on the end of the blower without any restrictions.

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You almost have to think it was a last minute change to the floorplan or something that prompted a move of the HVAC to that location because literally everything about the system is horrible.

2wealfth Man said:

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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If it's a closet or something, you can build out a chase in it to the floor below, potentially all the way down to the first floor depending on the rest of the house. That maybe should have been the case, and maybe they were supposed to have return ducts installed going down and and picking up returns between the floor joists or something. Seems like the installer completely forgot or disregarded that

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Not necessarily an open chase, but a chase for return ductwork. You can have metal ducts between floors all day as long as they're properly sealed between floors and don't create an opening. The chase is just to hide the ducts.

I believe you could also have an open chase as long as you install the proper fire damper on the floor opening.

I would like to think that. Unfortunately, this is one of the later builds. Looking at the outside roof location of the furnace exhaust on the other houses, it is the same. So would appear things were designed this way.

I could buy into the idea that they were supposed to install the unit and plenums horizontally, but did it vertically instead to leave more storage space or working space. But who knows, supervision is nonexistent in new builds.

Sounds like you just needed a pressure reducing valve put in at the water meter

Would be way too hard to actually check their work for leaks!

Unfortunately, I have a recent entry from our build.

Best our builder and the Sheetrock sub owner can tell, Sheetrock foreman sent a single guy to handle a few texture issues that were on our ceiling yesterday... but he must have been drunk. Never seen texture this bad. And to top it off, it was absolutely everywhere-on other walls, trim, tools, etc… and the photos don't do it justice at all.

Dude got himself fired. Builder has been using this Sheetrock crew for 15 years, so he hasn't fired the sub but demanded this guy be fired/not on his job sites anymore.

Best part was, trim crews are still on site and pre-paint drywall punch wasn't scheduled until next week.

At least these will be fixed so this won't be a permanent entry to the thread.

Wow!

Wooooof. At least you're going to get it taken care of, but I sure hope it doesn't do anything to the bare wood.

Looks like they sent a 4 year old who just started playing with the spray gun.

ABATTBQ11 said:

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Looks like they sent a 4 year old who just started playing with the spray gun.

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Or he thru a M-80 in a bucket of texture and then called it good.

Keep em coming. It helps to laugh. Firework or 4 year old is a more fun explanation than drunk, rogue worker.

The foreman is over there today and tomorrow hand scrubbing any rogue spray with his fingernail and a damp warm cloth before going to a very fine sandpaper. Sheetrock owner told the foreman it was his responsibility after firing the worker.

Then comes the actual texture fix next week. Only about a week delay thankfully.

We're looking at mid-to-late after originally looking at August when we started. But on budget so guess I can't complain too much