After cleaning I took some pictures before I left. This will give an impression of what upstairs looks like.
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Sliding Smoothly
When I made the kitchen, the only drawer slides the local McCoys hardware store had were flimsy non telescope, non soft close, non auto close.
The result was that every time I arrived here after not being here for a few months, there were one or more drawers completely out of their slides.
So today I received and installed the first 3 sets of telescope soft auto close slides that I ordered from Amazon. Now the drawers open fully, can take any load (within reason) and won’t get damaged by closing hard.
I’m sure guests will appreciate drawers that work. I know I was always annoyed when I had job sliding drawers upon arrival. Especially since fixing the old drawers slides took only 5 minutes.
But these are hopefully sturdy enough to withstand some abuse.
Rain chain down spout
Last time I was here, I installed a temporary fix to make rain fall off to the side of the deck.
It wasn’t very pretty, so now I replaced it with a pretty alternative; a rain chain down spout.
I had to fake the rain, as none is forecasted for the coming weeks.
It may need a little tweaking to make it spill less, but it looks nice.
Pretty Cool š
Ozuye has always been a pretty cool place, in terms of what it’s like. As of now it can also be cool again in terms of temperature.
Whilst outside it’s 100F (36C) the temperatures inside are cool;
You’ve guessed it; the missing line set did arrive today after all, and a few hours later, both new AC’s are up and running.
The picture above is a screenshot of my app that now can control all 3 AC’s from around the world.
The upstairs bedroom ceiling unit is fairly quiet, although I do hear a little hum.
The new unit replacing the broken one in the master bedroom is quiet and works pretty well too.
For the first time this week the great room is the warmest instead of the coolest š
The AC upstairs can also help cool down the great room if needed by keeping the bedroom door open. The same applies to the upstairs en-suite bathroom.
Iām very glad that my AC install trip worked out well.
The next few days I will test and see if I can integrate them into the Siri smart home environment.
Keep a lid on it
For the past years, every time I walked up to my home, I was annoyed by the trash can that did not have a lid.
The AC arrived on a big pallet, and since I have little use for a pallet, I decided to make a lid for the trash can.
It won’t win me any prizes, but it keeps the bin rain free, won’t blow off, smell less and it only cost me an hour to make it.
The remainder of the pallet I will use for the fire pit.
Upstairs Ceiling AC installed
The ceiling unit is now connected to the outdoor unit with both the line set and electrical cable. 
The water outlet is connected to a hose that runs down to under the house.
The ceiling plate is also installed.
As you can see, the air filter is in the down position; it has a built in lift that lowers the filter for easy cleaning access. My ceiling isn’t that high, but it’s a cool feature.
Outside, the line set and electrical cables are also installed.
The only thing left is to open the valve on the condenser to release the refrigerant, but I probably won’t do that until I have also installed the master bedroom indoor unit.
And then after a final check for leaks, the pipes can be wrapped up to prevent sweating.
Pretty hot š„µ
With my new laser infrared thermometer I can measure the temperature of any surface. The attic upstairs goes up to 104F (42C) even though outside it’s “only” 93F (34C)
So I postpone pulling the line set up there until tomorrow morning.
And some other time I might install a gable louver vent in the attic, so that the hotter than outside air can flow out.
The great room AC still works pretty well; the temperature at the air outlet is 55F (12C)
Ceiling Unit mounted
As the upstairs bedroom is fairly small, and there is no neat way to run the lines from the indoor unit to the outdoor condenser, I opted for a ceiling unit. The downside is that is bulky, and heavy. They recommend 2 people to install it, but since I haven’t been able to clone myself and it’s do it YOURSELF, I thought of a safe way to get it mounted. Using a climbing rope which I attached to the 4 hoist points, and a pulley screwed info the rafter, I hoisted the unit up, secured the rope and then climbed up to get it supported with some 2×4’s. Then I could detach the rope and shift the unit into place. Finally it’s secured into the ceiling joists, which air had to add, as it needed 16″ spaces joists, whilst mine are 24″.
There will be a ceiling cover mounted later, but this was the most challenging part.
Condenser on Bracket
As I already installed the bracket, putting the condenser in place was relatively easy. Not light, but easy. I used the same technique as they used to build the pyramids; put something under each alternate side and lift it up step by step.
It has a gap at the rear for air inlet and is close to the also already installed disconnect.
2 zone mini split arrived. Sort of.
The original plan was to get delivery on Friday, but that didn’t happen and was moved back to today, Monday. The shipment was on a large pallet, with 4 boxes. One condenser, one wall indoor unit, one ceiling indoor unit and a box labeled accessories.
I asked the driver if the box accessories contained two line sets ( the copper lines and electrical wires that connect the indoor to the outdoor unit) which was confirmed.
I signed for delivery, hauled the boxes up the driveway and first opened the accessories box. To my great disappointment, it contained only one line set, not two š
I immediately contacted the supplier and after going through some questions was told it would be forwarded to the shipping manager for confirmation and sending a 2nd line set.
Hopefully that will arrive this week, so I can install the 2nd line set before I fly back again.
To be continued.