Litttle Update on the Home Challange

On or about August 1st our air conditioner blew up and it was 105 here in Texas. We had a big window unit in the game room (were I have set up do my workouts) and thanks be to God it worked. Last time I checked it didn't work about a year ago. Anyway Jan and I have been in the game room now for 3 weeks sleeping on a couch but hey at least we were cool so I am not complaining.

I bought a 5 ton to replace the old one and a 2 ton to go in the game room as the house was just to big for 5 ton unit. For the last 3 weeks been trying to find someone to put the units in but since I bought the units online and they can't make the bucks off the sale I haven't been able to find an air man to take the job.

Ok I began the process of installing them myself tore out the old 5 ton unit out of the closet it was in. Lets just say that was a tough job and leave it at that. Tore out all the old copper as well. Not sure if you have priced copper lately but air conditioner copper is running close to $10.00 a foot. Our old unit was at the end of the house and would need at least 50 ft of copper to replace so I moved the units to the back patio and cut the distance to 25ft of copper. I then needed to move the 220 to the new location install a breaker box. That done I moved to the new install 2 ton unit.

I needed 2 220 power sources as this is a heat pump as well so I redid all the breakers in my panel as it was full to make room for the 2 220 power I needed to add. Then I ran one 220 to the new location for the outside unit and one 220 to the space in the attic the new unit was going be placed as well as installed breaker boxes at both locations. I as well ran new lights in the attic to see by as trying to work with a flashlight in your mouth isn't fun. That done I installed the platform the new unit was going sit on as well as the drain pan for the new unit and ran a 1/2 inch ppc pipe to the new install for the drain line on the air conditioner.

That done I got Matt to help me install the new 5 ton in the closet. Let me just say this it was not fun trying to get that in this small space. Finally had to take the complete door frame down to get it in. We got it in.

I called the man I bought the house from 20 years ago and asked him if he knew someone I could call as Don knows everybody. He gave me Roy Mattsey name and I called him he said he would finish the install.

Today we completed the install on both units and it feels good.

So the above tells ya why I haven't started my home challenge and will be at least a month off as most likely next week I will be taking off to reroof the house and that my folks is a workout in itself. I just put on a new roof in May but we had a huge hail storm and insurance totaled it so here we go again.

I will after this is completed get the home challenge going but as you can see I'm not sitting around doing nothing.

If you're smolderin' hot; drink Clif Shot

Lucky me! My boss Joe wants me to help him tear and lay shingles at his home. He thinks I will have met my match but he will sadly be mistaken.

Yea well he forgot I can add to his post haha on him. Let me tell ya folks he gonna be crying for mercy please boss can I get down please......

I will say he is correct on the drink though last time I did it by myself Post here so guess what I ain't scared and I will as well be hitting the Drink mix myself..

Even though we're doing this in the hottest month of the year, I have no worries my friend because I have a few tricks up my sleeve! When you're outside in the heat all day, you need to drink at least two gallons of water. Also eating bananas will help your muscles from cramping and fatigue. But my main trick is electrolytes! When sweat is pouring of you like a waterfall, you lose electrolytes. Losing too many electrolytes will lead to dehydration and even death! Thankfully I have found the remedy to avoid these problems. I will use a product called Clif Shot Electrolyte Replacement Drink. Not only does it fuel your body with tons of electrolytes to give you enough endurance to bike the Le Tour de France, it taste as good as homemade lemonade! It comes in three flavors: Lemonade, Apple Crisp, Cran Rasberry. So before and during work I'll mix some up with ice cold water in a shaker bottle and when the day is over I'll be picking my boss off the floor! I'll keep you posted to let you know how my tricks came to play out!