When It Rains, It Pours…
Just got a call from The Wife. Apparently, the home air conditioning unit is dead. And with new environmental regulations, they have to replace the furnace as well. What the f*ck?!? I’m all for the environment, but I can’t swing $3600 right now.
Time to call around. Got a good company in the Saint Louis area you’d recommend?
September 10th, 2007 at 11:34 am
It’s only $3600 to replace both? Consider yourself lucky. When our furnace caught fire this past January, it cost $6500 to replace both the furnace and ac unit. And this was about four days after I lost my job. Fun, fun.
I hope you find someone running a really great deal – although it sounds like that is a really great deal, even if it is a lot of money. The joys of homeownership!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Maybe stuff is just cheaper in the Midwest?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I’ve called the Wife with referral numbers. Hopefully, something will work out inexpensively!
September 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
I’m probably too late with this advice, but get a second opinion. I work in HVAC and can’t think of what regulations this guy’s referring to.
What’s the age of your unit, email me what details you can.
I can’t recommend a local company, but can ask about the regs.
Something doesn’t seem right here. I’ll give you an example, if you have a forced hot air heating system with an A coil in the duct for your Evap, and it’s your compressor that’s shot, then you only need to reclaim the refrigerant, replace the compressor and condenser (A/C) unit and at worst the part of duct work that is around the inside A coil.
Good luck
Joe
September 25th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
*tries to stick together* lol
September 25th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Sorry, Patrick. Its times like these it helps to live in a small town where everyone knows the Air conditioning/heating guy.
September 25th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
No worries. We found a friend’s company that fixed it. Still hurt, but at least it was only $800 worth of hurt.