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| - I have a highly complicated ductwork setup on a flat roof (i.e. - spiderweb of ducting under foam). After having another company spend nearly a month butchering my 15 year old Goettl heat pump (long story, but they did make it right), we came to the conclusion that $1800 to replace the reversing valve in the old battle tank was too much to spend on such an old unit.
I decided to replace the unit. I had 3 people come out to do quotes 2 Fridays ago - including the ones who spent nearly a month working on it. After a week, only 1 responded with a quote of $9,600 for the bottom end 5 Ton Trane heat pump. The two others never bothered to follow up. I found that odd as I live way out in the sticks, so it's a haul out here.
Anyway, I decided I needed another quote and called Cooling for Less last Friday. Their quote for a Carrier 5 ton heat pump with heat strips (also the bottom line unit) was over $4,000 less than my other quote. They asked when we could get started, and I responded "yesterday!". We agreed on Monday if the weather would permit, but they had to push back due to high winds and rain. They called to let me know Monday morning. They started the install on Tuesday. By the end of the day Wednesday, we had heat again for the first time in 5 weeks! The only reason it took two days was because they had to have a new transition piece fabricated to go from the over/under config to the side by side config - which happen to be on the wrong sides. Remember - I have a spider web of foamed in ductwork that can not be moved without risking major roof leaks! They actually made a comment that this was a fun install due to having to figure out how to get the unit in the space provided and do the transition to the existing ductwork.
It gets about 14 degrees colder here than downtown Phoenix, so we've been using a lot of space heaters for the last 5 weeks to keep this 1/2 of the house warm. It got down to 26 degrees Wed night, and the unit performed like a champ - and actually shuts off rather than running constantly all night long going in and out of defrost mode while barely keeping the house at 68. Airflow is better than it ever was with the old battle tank. I'm considering closing the vent in the master bath toilet room as it's actually getting unbearably hot in there whit the unit running!
As an added bonus, we can hear each other talk when in the courtyard - the old Goettl was NOT a quiet unit (that's why we call it the battle tank!)
Great job, honest no BS prices, and gave me a lot of free advice on what is probably the most arcane A/C configuration ever.
There are a lot of ripoff artists in this valley when it comes to HVAC. There are also a lot of techs who don't know their condenser from a hole in the ground!
These guys are knowledgable, professional, straightforward, and have won me over for all my future HVAC needs.
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