I've been babying along my Carrier home AC unit for the past year. It was one of the R22 refrigerant units, and has been leaking very slowly. I had it topped off once last year, and once again after that.
This week it died completely.
I actually went on thumbtack and got a few bids for the job.
Needed a 2 ton 14 SEER unit, and gas furnace.
Had a few jokers throw up $6000 bids.
Ended up choosing a local family owned contractor.
They provided a American Standard Silver system, with a 80% efficiency silver gas furnace. He told me it was built by Trane, and has a full 10 year warranty. I confirmed this, and all the parts inside the unit say Trane on them.
There are no government or local rebates on AC units around here, and the house is only 1040 sq feet, so it didn't make sense to go with a super high SEER rating unit.
Very happy with the system, the contractor installed a new concrete pad under the AC unit, a new drip pan under the air handler in the attic, a new float switch. Everything installed very tidy in 4 hours.
$4089. I feel as if that is a very fair price. I look forward to cheaper electric bills, and not worrying about babying along an old system.
This week it died completely.
I actually went on thumbtack and got a few bids for the job.
Needed a 2 ton 14 SEER unit, and gas furnace.
Had a few jokers throw up $6000 bids.
Ended up choosing a local family owned contractor.
They provided a American Standard Silver system, with a 80% efficiency silver gas furnace. He told me it was built by Trane, and has a full 10 year warranty. I confirmed this, and all the parts inside the unit say Trane on them.
There are no government or local rebates on AC units around here, and the house is only 1040 sq feet, so it didn't make sense to go with a super high SEER rating unit.
Very happy with the system, the contractor installed a new concrete pad under the AC unit, a new drip pan under the air handler in the attic, a new float switch. Everything installed very tidy in 4 hours.
$4089. I feel as if that is a very fair price. I look forward to cheaper electric bills, and not worrying about babying along an old system.