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There are no texts that
you can purchase that cover our subject matter completely. Many
teaching establishments have attempted to produce manuals on residential
HVAC systems, but they are mostly based on material and models produced
by the American Society of Home Inspectors, and content unique to
the United States. Although their content will surely enable the
user to examine Canadian residential HVAC systems, our Codes and
Standards unique to Canada could leave the learner with a deficit
in their learning that may cause him or her to miss a vital unsafe
condition.
This is what makes my
manuals unique and so necessary for you, the inspector, to obtain
and apply to your industry.
Because of the time I
have spent in the HVAC industry in Ontario, working with fuel codes,building
codes, inspections, installations service work and homeowner complaint
resolution, I am able to apply this vast amount of learning to a
manual that covers the entire basics of residential Heating Ventilation
and Air Conditioning from a purely Canadian perspective, covering
all of Canada's excellent safety standards, covering installations
and conditions that are totally practical to the typical student.
 
All
my manuals are available to purchase at http://www.orderline.com/detail.asp?group=
23420
My manuals, are complete
with all the information you would need to assist you as you start
on this road to learning about residential HVAC systems, short form
names are explained, pictures and details that are not normally
available to your average educator are reproduced whenever I feel
that the operation or installation of a system or method of operation
would be better explained. After all a picture is usually worth
1000 words! It will leave the learner in no doubt about the subject
matter in the classroom and instantly recognizable on site.
Building Inspectors.
You will notice that I have applied most of this information to
Home Inspection but I also instruct Building Inspe ction Personnel.
A huge number of municipalities in the GTA have already taken my
excellent course and are in possesion of my Manual designed to guide
you to all the requirements of the OBC that are related to and need
to be enforced in respect to Residential HVAC Inspections
Below:
Page detail from my manual
showing exactly what type of appliances can produce a dangerous
spillage of flue gasses into the building envelope, and which furnaces
can not.
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Atmospheric gas
fired furnace with draft hood opening,. Vent pipe is above,
the round metal (galvanized) piping.
Compare this picture
of an actual spillage susceptible appliance with the schematic
detail above.( Reproduced with permission from NRCan).
If when operating
a problem occurs with the operation of the chimney or venting
system this furnace can fill the building envelope with the
products of combustion. Providing that the combustion was
being "complete" then no lethal situation would
start to occur entail the building envelope was deprived of
oxygen.
The details of
the other two appliances clearly show that with no opening
to allow products to leave the furnace after combustion of
the gasses, the whole combustion process is not only safer
but much more efficient. No conditioned air from the building
envelope is entrained into the venting process except for
the designed amount induced by the vent motors. Atmospheric
venting appliances will vent conditioned air from the building
envelope whenever there is a difference between the indoor
and outdoor air pressures. Negative pressure in the home will
or can induce the products of combustion to be entrained into
the building envelope and not vented out of the chimney. This
process is clearly identified with the energy audit.
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My manuals are as complete
as this and as full of pictures to present, in as much detail as
possible, so as to leave the student in no doubt of the subject
matter.
A whole module built
just for ventilation of our homes will leave the learner in no doubt
about the importance of this topic. For the in-class participant
the on-site energy audit puts the whole subject into perspective.
If your course did not include this, you will be missing most of
the implications available in this unique practical application.
This proven method of
learning, see, feel, hear and do, is what I practice in my in-class
presentations. A guaranteed pedagogical process where the student
remembers at least 60% of the subject matter, but I do not stop
there you have the ability to contact and interact with me at any
point in the future where you need assurance on an issue.
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