Recent content by TedHouston

I did find some leaks between duct joints and I did what I could to seal some areas with aluminum foil HVAC tape but I couldn't stay up there too long, it got too hot. I'm pretty sure there are more so I will seal them this time with mastic (will order "Red Devil 0841DX F Seal 181" on Amazon)...

Thanks for your reply Dana. I really appreciate your thorough advice :) As you probably guessed, I just wanted to be more efficient and make my top floor more comfortable as my top floor HVAC is having a hard to keeping up a comfortable temp (2 HVAC+ducts are in my attic). This fall, I'll...

Hello guys, I've been asking around for the best solution to ventilate my sealed attic space. The way my townhome is built, I have no eaves(soffit) for intake air. Sides of my townhome is built up past roof line on all 4 sides in order to hide a conventional asphalt shingle roof. I put...

Hello all, I'm getting ready to install Fleck 7000 backwash filter and softener so I went to purchase some salts. Went to local HomeDepot but they only had no name brand(I wanted Morton brand) so I went to local water treatment store. The owner gave me a long lecture on why I need to use good...

Thank you all for your response. I don't mind paying higher price for quality product but I don't have anything to base my budget other than I used google to search for Fleck 7000. Even couple of local places that gave me $1200(unit only) for Fleck 7000 does not specify if they use quality...

Hello all, I'm new here but been reading up on water softener on this forum. I just moved into brand new house here in Houston, TX (PEX tubing inside) and I'm interested in installing Water softener for my house. From my little research, Fleck 7000 SXT 48k grain, seem to fit my need. I found...