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Nest thermostat in David Weekly home
About two years ago I replaced the Envirazone W8335A panel in my two story Stan Pac house with a Honeywell HZ311 TrueZONE panel:http://www.supplyhouse.com/Honeywell-HZ311-TrueZONE-HZ311-Panel-11490000-pThis controller made it possible to co...
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posted on May 9th, 2016
Forum: David Weekley Homes
Topic: Nest thermostat in David Weekly home
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recommendation for fence repair
Tommy King at "One Less Chore" did a great job on our fence repair, replacing two fenceposts that had rotted and come loose, one on each gate.
posted on March 1st, 2014
Forum: Recommendations
Topic: recommendation for fence repair
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Electromagnetic Interference in the Neighborhood?
There are reports that LED lights can interfere with garage openers, which operate in the 300 to 400 MHz frequencies. Presumably they could also interfere with anything else that uses those frequencies, like a car remote. Maybe someone has ...
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posted on September 13th, 2013
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Electromagnetic Interference in the Neighborhood?
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Need referral for air conditioner repair
My current favorite is Precision Heating and Air: http://www.precisionheatac.com/They did excellent work on my air conditioner. If the service call is during weekdays and resu...
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posted on August 31st, 2013
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Need referral for air conditioner repair
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Nest thermostat in David Weekly home
No, after finding out that the zone controller would have to be replaced, I didn't proceed any further. -Charles
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posted on August 17th, 2013
Forum: David Weekley Homes
Topic: Nest thermostat in David Weekly home
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Nest thermostat in David Weekly home
That looks like the same wiring as my two story Stan Pac house with a Honeywell zone controller. The "EnviraZone" controller in the attic uses a proprietary Honeywell signaling system over those three wires, which only works with "VisonPRO ...
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posted on August 16th, 2013
Forum: David Weekley Homes
Topic: Nest thermostat in David Weekly home
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Warranty heads-up on AC evaporator coils
I'm posting this in case it might be useful info for others.
There are a number of houses in Mueller whose 5-year AC evaporator coil warranty is expiring or will do so soon. This could be an issue if you have a leaking coil.
I've learned ...
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posted on July 13th, 2013
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Warranty heads-up on AC evaporator coils
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Reversed AC evaporators in attic
FYI - This thread on reversed evaporators for AC equipment in the attic is located in the Meritage Homes forum, but also applies to my Standard Pacific home:
posted on July 13th, 2013
Forum: Standard Pacific Homes
Topic: Reversed AC evaporators in attic
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Reversed AC EVAPORATOR coil's installed in the attic
As a followup to my previous posting on this thread, the evaporator coil in my house began to leak and needed to be replaced in July, 2013. What should have been a simple removal of the old coil became a major job, requiring two technicians...
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posted on July 13th, 2013
Forum: Meritage Homes
Topic: Reversed AC EVAPORATOR coil's installed in the attic
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AC not working properly
One typical failure for the outside fan is a bad capacitor. Here's a blog posting about this from my favorite AC repair guys:
posted on July 13th, 2013
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: AC not working properly
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Electrician Recommendations
I was pleased with the work done by Molitor Electric: http://www.molitorelectric.com/Here's the review I put on Yelp. -Charles---------Sent email with pictures to request an e...
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posted on May 15th, 2013
Forum: Recommendations
Topic: Electrician Recommendations
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Lawn Help
We use these guys, and they've been doing a good job:https://www.just-mowing.com/austin/Like the name says, they just do mowing (and trimming and blowing). They use mulching mowers and leave the cut grass on the lawn. They're fast, and take...
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posted on May 13th, 2013
Forum: Recommendations
Topic: Lawn Help
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Found A Good Handy Man!
Great tip, thanks! Tommy King just replaced two fence posts for us, and did an excellent job. He showed up on time, did a great job on the post replacements, replaced the gate lock and fence trim so that it works and looks just like it did ...
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posted on May 4th, 2013
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Found A Good Handy Man!
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Lawn care needed
We use these guys, and they've been doing a good job:https://www.just-mowing.com/austin/Like the name says, they just do mowing (and trimming and blowing). They use mulching mowers and leave the cut grass on the lawn. They're fast, and take...
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posted on March 29th, 2013
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Lawn care needed
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Black land yacht parked at Mueller
A suspicious looking black land yacht, possibly a Lincoln, is parked in front of the Browning Hanger at Mueller this morning. Photos attached.
-Charles
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posted on April 14th, 2012
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Black land yacht parked at Mueller
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Reversed AC EVAPORATOR coil's installed in the attic
I have a Standard Pacific house with a reversed evaporator, and our experience has been exactly as predicted: difficulty of repair due to lack of access to the components that are likely to fail. In our case the expansion valve next to the ...
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posted on July 28th, 2011
Forum: Meritage Homes
Topic: Reversed AC EVAPORATOR coil's installed in the attic
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Solar - Upgrades, Additions, etc..
Our energy audit found 22.5 percent leakage, and after receiving that report I found and fixed some cool air leaks around the AC unit in the attic. Your posting motivated me to check again, and I found that there was more air leaking around...
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posted on July 28th, 2011
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Solar - Upgrades, Additions, etc..
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Energy inspection - problems with Meritage home HVAC
No, our energy audit was done by someone else. As far as I could tell he knew what he was doing and it looked like he was doing a thorough job. I was asking him questions while he was working, which was probably distracting. My take away wa...
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posted on April 23rd, 2011
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Energy inspection - problems with Meritage home HVAC
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Energy inspection - problems with Meritage home HVAC
The energy audit test of our ducts (installed by Casa Mechanical for Standard Pacific) found 22 percent leakage. The system has been repaired once (by Casa) which required removing the evaporator (due to Casa installing the evaporator upsi...
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posted on April 21st, 2011
Forum: General Rumors
Topic: Energy inspection - problems with Meritage home HVAC
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Community Update Meeting Wed. 9/1
During the discussion on food trailers, Jennifer mentioned that they were very interested in getting recommendations from Mueller residents on food trailers to help with the selection process. Jennifer's email is:
posted on September 4th, 2010
Forum: Mueller Announcements
Topic: Community Update Meeting Wed. 9/1
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