Our Services
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At Gentle Wind LLC, we offer a wide variety of products and services that can take care of all your HVAC and seamless gutter installation and repair needs. Our staff is highly trained and equipped to handle any challenge that may come their way. Our list of products and services include:
Sheet Metal Contractors
Cutting and producing sheet metal for various applications
Heating & Air Conditioning Contractors
No matter commercial or residential or install or repair, we do it all!
Gutter & Downspout 5" & 6" Installation
Our Seamless 5" & 6" gutter and downspout installation provide homes with protection from the elements. We also install leaf guards.
American Standard Products
We pride ourselves by selling only American Standard Products
Manual J&D Engineering
Manual J is a protocol created by HVAC engineers to help cooling and heating contractors select the proper home HVAC system size that a house needs for adequate cooling or heating.
Manual J, also known as HVAC load calculation, is the process of data collection that establishes this.
Why Manual J?
HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems are designed to condition indoor air so that the occupants of homes and offices will feel comfortable regardless of outside temperatures or humidity.
However, installing the wrong size heater or air conditioner would frustrate the occupants and undermine the purpose of this fabulous invention – comfort! While a large HVAC unit cool or heat a small space quickly, it would incur unnecessarily high energy bills and maintenance costs and would have to work too long to remove humidity from home, creating a humid, damp indoor climate. This could lead to mildew or mold growth, triggering allergies, and other health problems for the people living there.
A suitably sized unit will have more longevity and prevent premature compressor burnout caused by short cycling (when a thermostat frequently turns the HVAC on and off, often before cooling to your set thermostat temperature). Manual J ensures that these issues won’t occur. Once accurate heating and cooling load calculations are performed, HVAC equipment's proper size can be determined. When properly fitted HVAC equipment is selected and installed, it will function optimally and provide a comfortable, safe indoor environment.
What is Manual D?
Manual D pertains to the practice regulating the air duct designs required by residential building codes. This Manual D duct design for residential buildings is accepted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It was created to ensure that HVAC systems achieve their primary purpose of providing comfort for the occupants.
Manual D duct design regulates the amount of air a duct system should carry and the proper speed of airflow. ACCA Manual D duct design additionally prevents improper air duct design that can cause early equipment failure and increased energy costs.
Without HVAC Manual D drafts or noise from the air that may disturb the occupants, the air may not circulate properly, or the temperature of the room could get too cool or warm. It prevents this through an ACCA Manual D residential duct design checklist, which covers load calculations, manufacturer’s data about pressure, proper levels for balancing dampers, the accuracy of air duct length, size, material, and friction rates.