HVAC Line Set Routing for Tight Spaces and Difficult Layouts
A bad routing decision on a refrigerant run rarely shows up while the installer is packing up tools. It shows up six weeks later as oil staining at a rubbed elbow, sweating insulation above a finished ceiling, or a system that never quite hits target capacity because the suction line got kinked behind a framing chase. Tight spaces make good mechanics look bad when the wrong line set goes in. A few summers back, I got a call from a contractor in Asheville, North Car