[SW Dweller]

Hope you did not pay them. Workmanship like that means a real fight is ahead for me.
I take it no permit was pulled.

File on his license, his bond what ever vehicle will cause pain. Know an attorney?

Sadly the duct which is decreased is a workmanship issue. When supported correctly the duct will be fine.
I hate seeing work like this. I have been in the trades for over 50 years and I do not allow work like that.

 

[roughneck]

Did you buy the furnace yourself and hire this person?
Or was this a contractor that provided the furnace and installed it?
The install is a hack job. It’ll all need fixed.

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Something isn’t right. Was this installed by an unlicensed person? Way too many red flags. Exposed t-stat wire. Can’t use an extension cord for permanent power. I’m a little surprised the unit is sitting on the floor, i would have expected a short stand to raise it up. What are the white pvc pipes out the top? I see a gas line (with a proper drip leg) so the pipes could be the flue?

 

[Markkkkk]

You get what you paid

 

[Markkkkk]

It’s allowed pricing on this site so put all prices up))
Where you got furniture and other materials and how much and what you paid to do the work? If you paid $500 for labor then it looks awesome))

 

[Thom Paine]

What was the basis for you hiring that person?
Did you verify pro standing and references?

 

[roughneck]

Actually now that I look at the setup you NEED TO TURN THE FURNACE OFF IMMEDIATELY!!!
The contractor is drawing return air from the mechanical room directly next to a natural draft water heater.
This is an immediate carbon monoxide hazard. And cannot run like that.

 

[roughneck]

Why is the water heater flue pointing down?!?!

 

[SPS-1]

File on his license, his bond ...

You figure he has either ?

 

[stevedore]

I’m a simple DIY-er, but I’d be embarrassed to call that mess my work. My work has always passed inspection when needed; I doubt that this would.

I’ve always heard not to used galvanized pipe with gas, yet that tee looks like galvanized. Maybe it’s just the lighting. Also, I didn’t think you were supposed to mix galvanized & black pipe.

And as someone else noted, that water heater flue can’t be right.

 

[Markkkkk]

It’s funny that hack did drip leg for gas pipe but used galvanized pipe for T. Also funny that he spend time to do fresh air intake pvc pipe but then cut huge hole around gas pipe and didn’t use rubber seal so air is just pulling from basement and that pvc pipe now worthless))

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Why is the water heater flue pointing down?!?!

I had to look twice. The cap on the end of the flue is correct, i assume you mean the pipe goes down, not up. Bad!

 

[jmon]

It's sad, the poster never came back.

Hope they come back and read the responses.

 

[roughneck]

I had to look twice. The cap on the end of the flue is correct, i assume you mean the pipe goes down, not up. Bad!
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Yup, that collector is almost guaranteed to be spilling exhaust gases into that room.
And we haven’t even touched if that’s an orphaned water heater. Which would mean the liner/chimney is likely oversized.

 

[roughneck]

It's sad, the poster never came back.

Hope they come back and read the responses.

Looks like they logged on long enough to join and make the thread and then punched out.

 

[Heating Solutions]

Also it looks like there’s only two 8” and one 6” supply ducts which is almost certainly not going to move enough air especially with the way the wireflex ducting was installed. Imagine what else we’d see wrong if we were actually there and not just looking at pictures of the job. The good news is this job would make a very good “before” picture for an actual HVAC companies website.

 

[Half-fast eddie]

the OP was only 10 hrs ago … maybe he only logs in at night.

 

[lookingfordinosaurs]

Sorry for late reply, I work nights , The total cost was 4000 dollars. He bought everything, besides my extension cord he stole.
It's a Goodman 96% eff. Single stage furnace
My house is only 360 SQ ft
So there are 4 runs in total of that piping


This is a licensed mechanical contractor and plumber. I verified his license number on the Minnesota state website.
I will turned off the furnace went back to space heaters as I also thought air sucking in directly from the water heater was bad. I found even more issues last night aswell , stuff I'm certain is not up to code? Please note the dead bird they left in my warranty manual...

 

[lookingfordinosaurs]

Why is the water heater flue pointing down?!?!

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It was like that when we moved in, lots of small town homeowners specials. I will get it fixed today. I appreciate the help. I never even noticed before. And apparently neither did the inspector.