HVAC Update 6/7/2021

As many of you heard in our recent Zoom Annual Meeting, we have encountered several issues relating to our HVAC system. One of them serious enough that a homeowner has been left without HVAC since February. Our previous Board approved an emergency HVAC Riser repair in early May. The work was to be scheduled as soon as the contractor received all materials to complete the job. The materials were received on Friday, May 21st and the project was scheduled to start on Monday, May 24th. The current Board, working with the contractor, oversaw the execution of the project.

The contractor estimated the project would take 3 to 4 days. They showed up on Monday morning with 3 teams of pipe fitters and a project manager to work as quickly and efficiently as possible. They worked Monday until 10:00 PM completing almost all piping for each stack and had stacks 01 and 02 up and running by the end of the day. On Tuesday, the Contractor’s teams started early and worked until 11:00 PM trying to get stacks 03 through 10 operating by the end of the day. They came close but had to finish Wednesday morning, bringing the last stacks back on-line. We were very pleased with the job the contractor did and their commitment to the South Hampton. We understand that some stacks were down longer than previously communicated, and we hope it did not result in too much hardship. The project was a big success and we all should benefit from a more efficient operating HVAC system. Hank Cigolle managed this project for us, and he helped with getting us the details of the project, what was happening and when. He was our main liaison between the contractor and the South Hampton. We are fortunate to have Hank on our team to offer this level of support and knowledge.

Tom Leonti
South Hampton Board President