R J. a job well done. now do tell, about what is the size of that new heater and does it have wall brackets or does it stand alone? I like that idea of battery start.Lee
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 09:18:55PM -0400, RJ wrote: > The neighbors were having problems with a old ventless heater and I > recommended they throw it out and get a new one. This one they had was about > 15 years old. That got me looking for a heater with a good price tag and > around 20,000 B T U. The ones I was looking at around town ranged from $250 > to $300 retail with the thermostat control, oxygen sensor, blower and infra > red. I like them better than the blue flame models. I got on Amazon and > found the Mr. Heater brand that list for $329 and would have cost $300 > locally for $185. So being the fellow I am, I got two of them, one for the > neighbors and one for me. Tuesday I installed their with their sighted help > in about 1/2 hours, seeing all the connections were right at my finger tips, > once I removed the old heater. Yesterday I decided to tackle installing > mine. A course the contractor that built my house five years ago, put in as > little fittings as possible and didn't follow my request. My wife showed me > where she wanted the heater installed. No where near the fitting I had > placed for this purpose. Now out cane the kitchen stove, disconnected the > line back to the main gas line. Placed a tee at that location and re-hooked > up the pipe and stove and started on the line for the heater. This time, > with my wife's insistant, I didn't go to the nation wide home centers to get > the material I needed, by went to a locally owned store. I typed out the > material in the way of fittings and pipes I needed. Laid down the list on > his counter, and about a hour later, I was back home installing the gas > lines and fittings. My wife didn't want any pipe or fitting showing and only > 5 inches above floor level, seeing the heater either can be use as a wall > mount or floor model. I was lucky, for on the wall the heater was to be > mounted to, there was a closet on the other side of the wall, so I didn't > have to go up through the studs. I ran 7 feet of 1/2 inch pipe from the tee > and 3/8 through the wall and through the floor in the closet, having the > shut off valve in the closet. I than connected the two together with the > corrugated flexible stainless steel gas line for appliances, taking the easy > way out, seeing I no longer own a pair of pipe dies. This project only took > my wife and I about 3 1/2 hours to complete. Now went electric goes out, as > long as the natural gas in flowing, we will have heat this winter, for the > only thing that runs on electric is the blower, It is equipped with a aa > battery electric spark starter. > RJ > -- An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
