Quality & Price check on AC equipment and install

This is Turtle.

I could not say as to price for it being the upper states but they do seem a little pricey to me. Here in Louisiana I would not be able to get those prices. Here it would have to be a 15 or 16 seer to try to get up to that price here. The Upper states always get more than here.

Now the most or only biggest thing that I would look at is the installer being of a good installer and everything to a Tee installed. The installer can make you or break you by how he installs it. Look at the installer very closely as to doing a good job and also a real good job for that kind of money.

TURTLE

"Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" wrote

As far as sanity goes, you are CRAZY if you don't get at least THREE quotes....

American Standard is re-labeled Trane equipment (or is it the other way around?). Lennox has a lot of proprietary parts that are high priced after the warranty has expired.

I wouldn't do it for that price. I'd charge more.

If you spend a significant amount of money on cooling why dont you look into even higher efficiency units 12 seer is not efficient compared to

In That northern climate, I would price shop until hell freezes over! Your cooling season is short in the north! Do not let them oversize the A/C system.

Jeffrey J. Kosowsky posted for all of us....

Hey Jeffy, did either of the bidders do the calcs? Doesn't look like it. Theow them out and get somebody good.

Both quotes were from same company... They appear to have done some rough square footage calcs. What should they be doing?

Jeffrey J. Kosowsky posted for all of us....

The HVAC guys will tell you Manual J & D they will measure insulation, windows, siting, everything affecting heat/cool

You will not get those seers if you swap out half your system and keep the inside system unless they match perfectly.

he lives in new england, probably only cools 2 months out of the year heh.