tagal4
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I recently had a new "high efficiency" furnace installed and the subcontractor that did it bored two VERY LARGE holes for the PVC vent and supply pipes adjacent to the top edge of my house's rim joist, one of which is right under the king and jack studs for a window. It bothered me a lot after I saw what had been done so I looked it up, and from what I've read this is something a person definitely shouldn't do. I'm wondering the best way to fix this. My thought is to remove the pipes and make some plugs out of 2X stock and glue them in the holes to eliminate the gaps in the top of the joist to try to regain the structural strength lost. Also to possibly screw some plywood or a piece of 2 X 10 to the inside of the damaged area. Or am I going to need to replace part of all of the joist? Obviously the holes need to be relocated to a better location and bored through the CENTER of the joist.
Any thoughts on the logic of installing high efficiency furnaces that have been way over-sized for the house they go in? This subcontractor installed a furnace 50% larger than what was ordered by the contractor because he said his supplier was out of the smaller size. Seems to me having a correctly sized 80% efficient furnace would be better than having a high efficiency furnace that was grossly over-sized.
Obviously this subcontactor didn't know what he was doing and this has been a very frustrating experience.
Thanks for any help.
Any thoughts on the logic of installing high efficiency furnaces that have been way over-sized for the house they go in? This subcontractor installed a furnace 50% larger than what was ordered by the contractor because he said his supplier was out of the smaller size. Seems to me having a correctly sized 80% efficient furnace would be better than having a high efficiency furnace that was grossly over-sized.
Obviously this subcontactor didn't know what he was doing and this has been a very frustrating experience.
Thanks for any help.