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    • GraemeEG
      GraemeE
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      @Mizmazzle said in Random Rants:

      $15,000 mutherfukkng dollars!!! For a compressor and new coil!! 🤬

      I work in industrial/commercial hvac so I don't have as much knowledge on residential side but that's out of whack

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      • MizmazzleM
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        @GraemeE @mclaincausey
        Yup! Seems absurd to me too. Have another company coming out tomorrow. Hoping for a better prognosis. Thing is is that I’ve used the company from today before and they’ve always been great and honest (as far as I know).

        Fingers crossed tomorrow goes more reasonably.

        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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        • MizmazzleM
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          @Giles I know it’s probably not always as lovely as it sounds right now, but right now, that sounds heavenly!!

          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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          • GraemeEG
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            @Mizmazzle as a loose rule of thumb I usually budget $1-$1.5k per ton on a standard residential/lite commercial condensing unit (ac) if I ever have to put a budget together .

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            • MizmazzleM
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              @GraemeE well, I don’t know what that means so…haha

              You mean like the physical weight of the unit itself?

              In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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              • mclaincauseyM
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                Tonnage has to do I think more with the volume to be cooled. Mine was 2 tons for a house that I think was 1300 square feet if that helps @Mizmazzle

                I imagine you’d be under 5 tons and thus $7.5k based on the math @GraemeE provided. They could be throwing crazy tonnage, multiple stages, and top of the line equipment at you but even so that seems out of whack.

                One of my buddies from back home does HVAC out here but is more focused on swamp coolers if those are of interest. Couldn’t sell the wife on that but they work pretty well in Colorado.

                Think it, be it.

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                • MizmazzleM
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                  @mclaincausey damn!! Cause I was going to say, no way that unit weighs more than a couple hundred pounds haha.

                  Our house is 1,700sq feet. So those metrics def help. Thanks McLain.

                  In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                  • GilesG
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                    @mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

                    @Giles y’all also don’t know what the sun is 🤣

                    We also don't try and change the climate we are given. We roll with it.....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • mclaincauseyM
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                      @Giles doesn’t seem to be working out great for the planet to do otherwise

                      Think it, be it.

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                      • MattM
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                        @mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

                        @Giles y’all also don’t know what the sun is 🤣

                        We also don't try and change the climate we are given. We roll with it.....

                        Now who was it that revolutionized industry ushering in a global age of of expedited planet destruction?

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                        • MattM
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                          @Mizmazzle in my experience that quote could be due to it being the end of May and their services have suddenly come into urgent demand. They may not need the work and figure if you walk, fine by them, if you accept then they make a bigger profit. I’m sure inflation has also affected their costs for things like coolant, metal fabrication, lack of labor etc.

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                          • MizmazzleM
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                            @Matt the guy mentioned the price of copper being on the rise and supply and demand. I think you’re right about the time of year being a factor. He was so gracious to waive his diagnostic fee today, if I scheduled a consult with their install team. Which I did. Then canceled later in the day. Need to get at least a couple more quotes. Hopefully the team that comes tomorrow says, “oh, it’s just this little thingamajiggy! That’s an easy cheap fix!!”
                            A boy can dream.

                            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                            • GilesG
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                              @Matt said in Random Rants:

                              @Giles said in Random Rants:

                              @mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

                              @Giles y’all also don’t know what the sun is 🤣

                              We also don't try and change the climate we are given. We roll with it.....

                              Now who was it that revolutionized industry ushering in a global age of of expedited planet destruction?

                              That'd be us.... 😞

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • popvultureP
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                                @mclaincausey said in Random Rants:

                                @Mizmazzle that sounds high if they’re not doing duct work.

                                Weather Changers put a new system in our last home for WAY less than that if you want to give them a jingle.

                                Just looked it up: $6400 for a Bryant system with a humidifier and a new circuit. We continued with our existing furnace and no duct work was required, just condenser, coil, etc.

                                I had a new system put in (also sans ducts) for around $7k in iirc 2018. Obviously pre-pandemic pricing, but more than double that seems fucking ludicrous.

                                WTB
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                                • AdamJA
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                                  @goosehd "Dad will the sun ever come out, it's July?"

                                  No, no it won't. Ever

                                  The devil is in the detail..

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                                  • Tago MagoT
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                                    @AdamJ switch on the telly:

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      Just switched that on. It is pissing down, I'm on the boat and need some sunny vibes....

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • Tago MagoT
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                                        This is what the next couple of days look like here:

                                        IMG_3642.jpeg

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                                        • BrianB
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                                          We’ve just had the first rainy day in 3+ months
                                          And by rain they reckon there was 10mm over the last 24hours
                                          As an avid hater of rain that little was a relief but as someone with herbs and plants we need a bit more

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            Here’s some more sunshine for the Brits:

                                            Think it, be it.

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