Air Handler, Centerline Plenum Transition and Return Air Installation

A simple electric air handler is installed in this video. Step by step you can see the project come together with each stroke of the hammer. An almost continual description of the work being performed is given at each step. Almost all the assembly during the video is running in FFwd mode to keep the video within a reasonable length. Many times, speeding up the recording shows HOW something takes shape better than the slow normal speed of the actual work. The only other way to shorten a video is to cut out a portion of the work and that does no one any good. That's MY personal opinion, yours may vary. At any rate, if a viewer wants to see it slower, it has been brought to my attention that you as the viewer have that capability on screen. So those that want to watch it slower have that option as well.
Bear in mind this video is not suggesting this is the only way to install a particular piece of equipment. It's only one way of hundreds of ways it could be accomplished. If I were to install another identical air handler tomorrow there is ZERO chance it would be exactly like this because the requirement for connection would be different. It's just the way it is. I made one big mistake while installing the return air drop....one I never make when installing a job. I didn't notice it until it was too late, and only the experienced installer will catch what it is that was not copesthetic. I can blame the mistake on concentrating on the video too much and not on the project. Yeah...we'll go with that.
This house is a total re-hab project...actually a total re-BUILD. My cousin bought it in foreclosure and dismantled it stick by stick, salvaged all the materials possible and built all new one-level sub-floors over the crawl space to level out multi-level floors of the previous decades. He then totally redesigned the entire house and used the existing materials to build a modern home adding a two car garage at the same time. The only portion of the original structure that was not dismantled was the sub-floor directly above this tiny cellar in which the air handler is sitting. The old duct work was salvaged and then re-installed by him throughout the whole crawl space beyond this block wall. Because it is a crawl space he used the double Mylar covered bubble wrap to insulate the whole system after this portion of the job was completed.
This video is primarily for those that are either just interested in how some ductwork adaptions are installed OR those who may be in the field and wanting to learn more about the installation side of the HVAC industry. It's not really for experienced guys that have a good handle on this segment. It will be either totally boring to them or possibly a source of entertainment because they know much better an easier way to accomplish the task.
Hopefully whatever category you are in there was a bit of entertainment for you....and if you are a skeptical 'pro'...please note that its the confident person that admits there is never only one way to do anything. Its the end result that counts.

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