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PEX is most economical solution but if you want to stay with copper you could use those approx 1 foot long copper corrugated flex connectors that you sweat on.

Can you build new studio similar to what you wanted and take the axles off the old mobile home somehow put underneath to technically make a new building a mobile home in the eyes of the tax man?

The way they work is all based on the return air temp it senses on indoor head unit. Mine the indoor fan runs all the time (unless you put it on Eco mode). Then you can hear when the logic sends more refrigerant to modulate the system. Outside is the metering valve they use a EEV electronic...

This seller on Ebay has several Cool Only mini splits but none are 6k. I never heard of the brands he sells but they all seem to be coming from 3 factories in China now and they slap different stickers on the sheet metal case. He has a system called Premium 12k cooling only with 11 ft install...

Home Depot in NJ stocks Oatey Twist N Set flanges very similar to the one Terry posted pic of. They are up high on the self the clerks probably don't even know they have them.

Mini splits don't have a smart stat like a Nest they have a remote control that you set the temp you want. The indoor unit has sensor to measure the return air temp and the evap coil temp and outside unit has ambient temp sensor and condenser coil temp sensor. The logic determines how much flow...

9k will be fine because the compressors are inverter variable speed so they can adjust down and use the temp sensors to speed up or slow down the compressor depending on load. They are not as critical to size these systems as old a/c that do not have variable speed inverter compressors. They...

Love the house design very cool. I have a 100 yr old 3 family house in NJ and each apt is aprox 1000 sq ft. I have 18k mini splits in each unit on 1st floor and 2nd floor is bigger 1400 sq ft so I put in a 24k up there. The ceiling upstairs is the roof so it has high heat gain even with 2"...

For example this Senville system is 9k and total is $699 free shipping includes lineset wire etc. So if it lasts 7 yrs you would not even have it repaired the labor and parts would cost more than slamming another new one in. Once you have them installed the hard work is over so replacing the...

What is your heating btu requirement? Did you do a heat loss and a cooling heat gain on the house? The inverter systems have a wider range and not as critical to size as a non inverter system. Most common sizes are 9k, 12k, 18k, 24k, and a few make 36k in single heads. Then you can also get the...

Mitsubishi is only 6k I know of but pretty sure it is it is a heat pump only. The many other brands out there now are so inexpensive you can basically treat them as disposable systems. Look at Senville, Gree, Midea, Kingsfin, a new one hitting the market is Kanion.

Yes I now understand that the weir issue I was worried about with a wye changing direction to vertical is not a issue at all for toilets. And if you look at what HJ said in a post in 2018 he said toilets don't even use the vent at all but they are still required to be vented per code.

Or what if you do this leave double santee but put a santee under each toilet to vent them into the existing santee.

This is interesting.

This is what I was talking about based on the photo of the ABS piping you have now. Leave the double santee but cut right side pipe make that a cleanout. Drop down into another combo wye tie in where your existing cleanout is.