[ElectriPat]

How often does a contractor install an expensive rooftop exhaust? Not very often when they are chasing profit. That stuff is out of sight, out of mind and out of warrantee when it stops working.

What do you mean by this?

 

[hbiss]

What do you mean by this?

He means that our responsibility ends with wiring or troubleshooting the wiring of a new or existing fan. It is the HVAC contractor who supplies and installs new fans or replaces them. They are equipped for it.

I don't know of any EC who would want to get involved with changing out rooftop kitchen exhaust or makeup air fans.

-Hal

 

[kb1jb1]

What do you mean by this?

I think what he is implying is things that are hard to get to and out of sight sometimes are not installed correctly or have poor maintenance.

 

[kb1jb1]

He means that our responsibility ends with wiring or troubleshooting the wiring of a new or existing fan. It is the HVAC contractor who supplies and installs new fans or replaces them. They are equipped for it.

I don't know of any EC who would want to get involved with changing out rooftop kitchen exhaust or makeup air fans.

-Hal

In my lifetime I must have installed or changed out 150 to 200 rooftop exhaust fans. Kitchen, spray booth, dust collectors. All kinds. Most are a simple no brainer. Chinese restaurants are a different story.

 

[Wirenuting]

What do you mean by this?

I mean that in my experience, unless a better exhaust fan is specified in a GC’s proposal, they will buy and install the cheapest one they can get away with. They will install it were ever is convenient for them.
Nobody cares about it as the warranty is spent by the time the belt wears out. It’s sad but true.

It’s about profits now and not longevity.

 

[ElectriPat]

I mean that in my experience, unless a better exhaust fan is specified in a GC’s proposal, they will buy and install the cheapest one they can get away with. They will install it were ever is convenient for them.
Nobody cares about it as the warranty is spent by the time the belt wears out. It’s sad but true.

It’s about profits now and not longevity.

Thanks for clarification I totally get it. This is a new client and all the staff just changed in a buy out. No one knows anything about anything. Also, don't get old. We were there yesterday checking everything before going on the roof and the dementia stuff is so unbearably sad.

 

[Wirenuting]

Thanks for clarification I totally get it. This is a new client and all the staff just changed in a buy out. No one knows anything about anything. Also, don't get old. We were there yesterday checking everything before going on the roof and the dementia stuff is so unbearably sad.

Hope you let us know what you find.
inquiring minds need to know.