Central air unit blowing warm air - reasonable price for fixing?
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Comments (11)Paupauco: I live in Baltimore and was quoted $4500 for an XB-13 heat pump system. Not sure why there is a $1900 price difference. Mine is a swap-out of the inside unit while yours is adding a coil to an existing unit - maybe more labor involved and a different area of the country but $1900 is a big difference. I would call another Trane dealer for a comparitive quote. I would also check for American Standard. They make Trane but don't spend on advertising $$ so they may be cheaper. Be firm when you deal with them - don't let 'em over-charge you. They can over-charge the next person but not you....See MoreHVAC blows warm air
Comments (9)Everything else outside sounds like it's running... the unit doesn't shut off. When it's blowing the warm air and the fan stops, the unit makes a loud buzzing sound and you can feel it putting off hot heat. As soon as the fan starts back up the sound goes away and it pushes out cold air. I haven't taken anything apart on the outdoor unit yet. But I took the panel off the indoor unit and it looks like new on the inside. I'll look at the outdoor unit more in depth tomorrow. Are those two things something that I can replace and if so, how can I tell which part may be bad?...See MoreRudd began to blow air - Is it time to add the Freon?
Comments (7)Thanks for all replies. It is a bad capacitor problem. It is pretty easy to replace it by yourself. It may just cost part $15 and 20 minutes to replace it. The problem description is the central air conditioner suddenly stopped blowing out cool but only warm air. The outside unite fan does not spin but buzzes. Try to replace the capacitor and see whether it will work. If not, return the part and call the technician. You can save at least $100....See MoreCost of new Central Heat and Air Unit
Comments (7)A lower price doesn't necessarily mean the installer is "unskilled" labor. Define unskilled Kevin. A 20 something or 30 something kid doing the work how much experience could they have? You aren't going to attract, let alone attain skilled techs paying someone $10 or even $15 an hour. That's typically what most are paid starting out and dangling a carrot of promising bigger money later? So if you're promising bigger money later to your "new" upcoming skilled labor force... You have a big problem coming sooner than you think. We haven't even started talking about overhead costs of the company. A small biz, 1 man shop like me has annual costs... expenses, overhead whatever you want to call it of typically upwards of $50,000 a year sometimes as high as $80,000 (these expenses contain "no fluff" like office space rental and such.) making a mere $2,000 per system? LOL. You simply do not know the value of a dollar. Nor do you understand the cylical nature of the HVAC business. You'd be out of business in less than a couple of years. Shh Ray, that's a big secret when that bargain system breaks. Not really a secret I'm being mischeivious sitting here drinking my coffee of a morning. Reading keyboard warrior nonsense. Overhead: Advertising. You see those flashy ads on TV of the big AC companies? You won't get $3500 install from them. How about the phone book? Full page ads by all the big companies? Advertising is big business just like HVAC is. Kevin run an experiment: Call up 20 HVAC companies in your area to get bids. The only requirement is that the companies you call give you a bid on paper with company letterhead and State licensing information. Snap pictures of those quotes paste them here for the world to see. Prices scribble on paper scraps or napkins don't count. If the OP is up to the challenge, feel free to join in on the "fun". We're going to call those companies that don't pay those high advertising costs to avoid that high price. Ok, please tell me how you are going to find them?...See MoreUser
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