I am the second owner of a home built in 97. The trane wreck is orginal equipment. It is a outside located heat pump. Why is copper connected to aluminum tubing coil. Looks like low quality construction. This is very poor as most are expected for 15 years from what I have read.
The repair man said he found numerous leaks in the outside unit, however He only check the outside unit based on the most recent charge only lasting 30-60 days. Repair man said numerous of these units have failed locally.
I do not currently have a problem with pricing, however what bothered me is he said if I wait till after January I will be forced into a 13 SEER unit. That did not bother me much either. What make me not want to go forward with this contractor is that he want to run the tubing up the side of the house with >12SEER unit.
Why can he not cut a larger hole and use the concealed tubing? It currently runs under the house, up the wall and over to the utility room over the garage. I do not want a high bill AND an ugly house.