oafed
06-24-2008, 02:23 AM
I have a 21 year old air handler which is installed badly and is just about rusted through. The outside AC went out on the previous owner - who replaced ONLY the dead AC with probably one of the cheapest units he could get and left the rusting air handler sitting in the attic. :mad:
At this point I think I would rather spend the extra money and just get an entire new system rather then trying to match the cheap unit outside (which is ~4 years old). Does that sound reasonable? :confused: I've been getting adds for York systems in the mail which seem fairly decent from reading about them... but my main concern (after reading some forums here) is finding a good contractor.
EVERYBODY here seems to always say the most important part of a new system is a good installation - but nobody says exactly how I can find the person who will do that!
How can I as a customer know who is good and who isn't? I don't really want to get 20 different estimates all the while trying to divine who would do the best job. I don't have any friends who have any recommendations either.
Where do I start and what do I look for so that I can get a contractor that will do the job right? :confused:
At this point I think I would rather spend the extra money and just get an entire new system rather then trying to match the cheap unit outside (which is ~4 years old). Does that sound reasonable? :confused: I've been getting adds for York systems in the mail which seem fairly decent from reading about them... but my main concern (after reading some forums here) is finding a good contractor.
EVERYBODY here seems to always say the most important part of a new system is a good installation - but nobody says exactly how I can find the person who will do that!
How can I as a customer know who is good and who isn't? I don't really want to get 20 different estimates all the while trying to divine who would do the best job. I don't have any friends who have any recommendations either.
Where do I start and what do I look for so that I can get a contractor that will do the job right? :confused: