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Has it heated fine in the past??

Thanks! Hopefully it will be a little cheaper. It's odd how they ran our basement. The return ducts are undersized and they could have run 5ft of ducting that would have saved so much work on my part.

I am getting some estimates to fix some ducting issues that I cannot fix myself. What is the going rate for a contractor when installing new ductwork. The ducting is a 20ft run and is completely accessible from the basement.

Would it be wrong to level then?

The stairs are level as with all the walling in the basement. I feel like the builders just didn't poor level for some reason. I know the layout of the house changed during construction and wonder if they were going to run the furnace and water in there at first. I guess I'll probably start on...

I'm not sure if I want to go down the mid jacking route if at all possible. Got a laser level, which is amazing, the actual slope of 30 feet is about 1.75". It appears the first 0.5" is over 15ft and then the other 1.25" for the rest.

Yes, the slope seems gradually over the entire 30' length of the floor and the original builders finished the basement with this slope. It may be slightly less than 3.5", maybe 2.5" its a little difficult to tell with the equipment I have.

Ok thanks.

nealtw, Since it is a finished basement would pumping gravel / mud under the slab cause any issue with destroying the walls? I am wondering if maybe using taperer 2x4s could avoid redoing the framing. Putting down cement was my original thought but was concerned that it would cause more problems.

Hi all, I purchased a home last year and got a phenomenal deal, or so I hope. I recently started working on the basement as my wife and I have finished the upstairs. In one of the finished rooms we noticed a gradual slope from one end to the other of about 3.5". The exposed foundation on the...

The zones each have a separate connection for return flow, so three. It looks like the return for the zone that doesn't have the best flow isn't complete. The return doesn't run all the way to the wall with the vent on the first floor. The return is just sucking under the floor. And I guess...

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with my furnace or ductwork that I'm stumped on. My first floor is divided into three large duct zones that are supplied off my furnace. Two of them have a great deal of pressure while the third does not. I have closed dampeners on two zones and made sure the one...

Found it. So now that I found a disconnect In the handler, I now have the proper voltage going outside. But no voltage at unit outside. Started following wire and looks like has been severed just inside the brick side of house. Need new wire!! Thanks everyone!!

Thanks. I think that was a problem when I couldn't find one of the voltages. Also one wire was loose. Now I have 24v going to out through wiring to AC. Need to recheck for 24v outside.

At the air handler the wires running outside are connected to Y/C. I cannot find a voltage there when AC is demanded. However, when I turn the heat on I do have 24v at R/Y on the handler. At the thermostat I have 24v. Using resistance I see it drop when the furnace is turned on between W/RH...

Ok sorry about the late response. Finally had time to look into the furnace. Here is what I found (attachment). I cannot seem to find a voltage at all on any of the lines.

Thanks for the quick replies. I will need to sit down and see what I can find on the transformers and the air handler.

I guess this is where I am getting stumped. After the 24V leaves the thermostat, does the wiring follow the same path to the air handler in the furnace and then run off from there to the AC outside? The air handler does have power and kicks on when thermostat demands cooling.

I found this forum while trying to fix up my new house. I think inspections are really useless... Anyway, it's been pretty warm out recently and so I turned on my AC for the first time. Sounded like it started but it ended up just being the blower on the furnace. The AC will run when the...