Random Rants
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Why the bullshit always come a couple days before a big trip!!?
AC been making a grinding noise when it shuts down. Been doing it for years actually. Had another company out last summer and he said it was near the end of its life. New company came out today. Said the system needs replacing. Quoted $15,000 mutherfukkng dollars!!! For a compressor and new coil!!
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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@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.
Think it, be it.
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@mclaincausey but they have 97 words for different sorts of rain!
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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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@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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@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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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.
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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.
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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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@Giles doesn’t seem to be working out great for the planet to do otherwise
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@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?
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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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@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!!”
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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....
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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.
