Recycle Your Old AC Unit Industry Leader for “Going Green” Sort and Recycle HVAC Materials Use Digital Invoicing Instead of Paper Help our Community and Environment Leading the way for other HVAC Companies Many materials and components that are collected from an old air conditioning unit are often thrown out by other HVAC companies, but we see a better way. We identify which materials can be recycled and make sure that they aren’t thrown out as waste. We're the most trusted HVAC company in Albuquerque and Santa Fe! There are many materials that are identified as “recyclable” such as wiring, copper, aluminum, and metal. Once these recyclable materials are classified, they are sorted and placed in individual bins for easy recycling. Learn More About Replacing Your A/C Unit Once the recyclable materials are efficiently separated and placed in their individual bins, they are taken over to the recycling distribution center where they are passed off to be recycled instead of thrown out as extra waste.

Recycling is a commitment that many of us make in our own homes everyday. However in the HVAC industry, recycling just isn’t a priority. We saw an opportunity to recycle HVAC items that would make a big impact! air purifier ionizer oxygen barSo we set the standard in our industry and implemented our Recycling Program. alpine air purifier canadaAt Wagner Mechanical, we are leading the way for other companies in our industry to Go Green and design similar recycling programs of their own.electronic air cleaner trion We want our customers to be well informed of the steps we are taking toward reducing our waste as a company and improving our standards to help our environment in every way we can. It’s unfortunate that recycling programs aren’t an industry standard, but sorting, distributing, and recycling used materials takes time and company resources that many companies aren’t willing to invest.

Aside from knowing that your old air conditioning unit isn’t going to be taking up a lot of space in a landfill somewhere, you will also receive the benefit of receiving a rebate for your old unit that will make your new unit more affordable! In fact there are! We have become a paperless company and now use IPads for communication with customers and employees. We have also implemented digital invoicing for all of our service calls. In addition to identifying the recyclable materials in your old air conditioning unit and getting them to the distribution center, AC units often contain chemicals and refrigerants that need to be disposed of properly. Paperless invoicing is another giant leap we have taken here at Wagner Mechanical towards Going Green. By using digital invoicing, we drastically cut down on the amount of paper we consumed and wasted every day! Not only is Paperless Invoicing a better environmental practice for our company, it is easy, quick, and efficient for all of our customers!

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From furnace repair and heating system installations to cooling and plumbing repairs, the professionals at Santa Fe's Reliable Tech Heating, Cooling and Plumbing can do it all! We service and install not only necessities, but amenities as well, which include climate control systems (heating and AC), air purifiers, humidifiers, water softeners and much more! Here at Reliable Tech we are dedicated to providing quality work at an affordable rate because we know there is nothing like a job well done and money well spent In-slab air ducts have mold and rusting. Is it better to clean them or seal off and install ceiling ducts? Purchasing a 27 yr-old home, 3200 sq ft. The home (built in 1987) has in-slab duct work which I have had video-scoped. The structure of the ducts is OK, but there is an above average level of mold throughout. The joints show early signs of rust and have separated slightly in some places allowing small amounts of sand in. Would it be better for me to have them cleaned?

Or should I spend the additional money now to install new in-ceiling duct work and avoid future problems associated with in-slab ducting? There is ample attic space for installing ceiling ducts. Do you have the same question?  Seal off the slab ducts... First because of current and future air quality issues- especially if you have young children. Second because of heat/AC distrubution losses through the ductwork.If you must run ductwork through the attic area, try to add additional insulation to/around the ductwork to minimize the heat/AC loss running through a hot/cold unconditioned attic.FYI- You did not mention if the ductwork was carrying both heat/AC. If you have a fuel heating system as well located on the main floor above slab area, you want to be certain that the fuel heating system is completly isolated from the living area. A "sealed combustion" high efficiency system is perferred so that no exhaust gasses or combustion make up air can get into the living area. Answered 2 years ago

Of course a lot depends on how difficult the access is for new ducts - if you have open floor joists in the basement, open attic space, etc to run them in, and amount of wall/ceiling repair that will be needed after install, etc. Can be very easy in a ranch with crawlspaces or open ceiling basement, to extremely costly in a concrete or brick construction house.Another factor is how old is your HVAC system - if due for replacement, then a different type of system with high-velocity ducts or a mini split system or such might fit in well.As far as the ducts go - if sand is coming in, then the ducts were illegal in the first place. An "in-slab" system has always been required (since at leat the 60's when I started in the building business) a trench under the slab to put the duct in, it was assembled taped, then concreted in place when the slab was poured - with concrete ALL AROUND it.Your possible solutions:1) move ducts up into house, per above and Hosey's comments - either inside house if possible, or in extremely difficult cases inside an insulated utilidor or plenum mounted as a bumpout on the outside of the house.2) if you don't plan on staying in the house many years, and are willing to risk problems selling it with the same ducts a few years down the line

, then cleaning and airsealing should last at least 3-5 years in most cases.3) I have worked on a few commercial jobs like this, though the problem was water leakage into ducts or pipe/cable chases, where the ducts were repaired with a cast in place expendable pipe liner like is used to repair old water and sewer lines. Whether it could be done in yours would require a contractor to evaluate bends and such. I have also seen ducts like this remotely pressure washed and heated air dried, then thickly epoxy sprayed to provide a new liner - again, same system as used to seal leaking water and sewer mains. Personally, this is the first place I would go, but then I have a lot of experience with this type work. Your normal HVAC or plumbing company cannot do this - takes a specialty pipe restoration company. can you advise who did your video scoping? I have the same issue but haven't been able to find anyone able to do the scoping. My house was built in 1968, i've been here 14 years and the vents have never been cleaned...

Guest 9135589 - if you can't find a local residential duct cleaner who does that, try calling local HVAC larger contracters with a public shop/showroom, google for it, and as last resort google for commercial building duct cleaners - they are much morer likely to have it.If all else fails, then a sewer and drain cleaner with video camera could run his sewer camera through them - hopefully after a bleach wipedown, but will NOT be fully decontaminated by any means, if that creeps you out. Can you link any of the images here?There are applications that allow for the dispersment of sealing solutions throughout the ducting system that will seal it off against air leakage but I do not know of any scenarios where they can be sealed against any bulk moisture. If they have been neglected for years, its likely that a good cleaning and AeroSealing will make them last a bunch longer but I am no expert when it comes to in slab ducting. Slight glitch in my first comment - the lining system I mentioned that is used in pipes is an "expandable" liner, not "expendable" - is a fiberglass or polyester or kevlar like material sock (depending on application) that is resin impregnated and then "blown" into place like turning a sock inside out or like those party things that uncoil when you blow on them