$5,000 for installation of Trane 15i A/C? Reasonable?

[Noon-Air]

Geese... you just can't seem to get your story straight..... if it has an expantion valve on it, its either an RCHJ or an RCGJ, NOT an RCBA. The RCBA-048 is 21 inches wide, the RCHJ/RCGJ-48A2 coils are 24 inches wide. I suppose that you are still using a one-speed furnace with it?? To actually

*GET* 13 SEER with any of the Rheem "M" coils require a variable speed blower....but you already knew that. As I said, a RAND-048JAZ, with the *correct* coil and furnace combination, *installed* is $6,000 - 7,000.

[Danny G.]

No you are correct. BUT he has a valid point.

I can only speak for myself, but I do not want to eat the extra time (claim forms ...) on warranty repairs unless I know the customer.

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[James "Cubby" Culbertson]

Well at the end of the day, I know what I've got is working just fine and for half of what you seem to think it should have cost. All the more reason to get more than one bid. I'm moving on to better conversations.......

[Noon-Air]

yeah yeah.... all you got was half of what you paid half price for. You got it cheap, you didn't get it right.

[aka-SBM]

I love those...the: "what *I* have is working just fine" units....

Normally, they call back later and ask if the original quote to make it rights good still.

BTW....dunno how many of you got your new price sheets this week...thanks to copper going up, so did equipment....25% across the board.

[Danny G.]

expantion valve on it, its either an RCHJ or an RCGJ,

inches wide. I suppose that you are still using a

"M" coils require a variable speed blower....but you

*installed* is $6,000 - 7,000.

half of what you seem to think it should have cost.

conversations.......

good still.

copper going up, so did equipment....25% across the

I sure hope that's not true. 25% geeze... What copper have to go up price 500% or something to do that.

[Noon-Air]

I'll have to check with my supplier... they had a 10% increase last month.

[Bob Pietrangelo]

The warranty is originally assigned to the contractor that purchased it. If you are unhappyt with that contractor, you can have it transferred to another Trane Contractor for $25

[Bob Pietrangelo]

Danny, the warranty is a fair mark-up on price and a livable labor rate. It is great when you can couple it with a PM contract. Then the customer never turns down a repair, and you are already there doing a PM

[Danny G.]

is great when you can couple it with a PM contract.

Yes. Doing the startup end for a commercial HVAC contractor gets me some sweet PM contracts. 8)

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