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I personally don't know jack, I am going off what someone else told them. But apparently the a-coil is rusted out and leaking. They are getting quoted $2200 to replace the current air handler and recharge the system. Of course this would all still be r-22. That just seems to me to be fairly steep even considering the recharge to be $600 of that.. that means just replacing the air handler is costing $1600. They are getting quoted between $6 and $7k to pull it all out and replace with R410a system. The whole thing is a bit of a cluster**** to begin with. This system is just for the front of the house, basically 3 large rooms. The rest of the house is on a separate system. |
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05-31-2013, 11:18 AM | #35 |
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I can't believe some of these prices I'm hearing for R22 recharges. Yeah, a tank is up to over $400 this year but it's not like you use an entire one each time you charge a system. I'm beginning to think some of these heating & air contractors are inflating the prices to try to get people to upgrade instead because they can make more money off of a new install.
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Their CORE dilemma (besides just trying to find the best most price effective solution) is that the air handler was likely installed during their last big kitchen remodel and now it doesn't appear there will be any way to replace the giant ass unit without some pretty big tearing up of things. In the end I think they are going to have to either A)just replace the a-coil and stick with R-22 for now and hope they are ready for another giant remodel when it comes time to replace everything or B)replace the a-coil and the heat pump outside to match to anew R410 system OR C) I just talked to my only buddy in Austin who is a big HVAC guy and he said given the screwed up situation what he would do is get a new slimmer air handler that would fit through the access panel and just cut the old on up in place to remove it and then upgrade the whole system to R410 |
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Yes but it is a gas furnace. Not an electric Heat Pump air handler.
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They might want to call the contractor that did the remodel and say a little something to them as well. They should have not put your folks in this situation.
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Damn that is cheap my license was $150. For the universal with the engineer certificate attached.
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