Got a call for no cool week ago when we had some warm days, bad
area, find both cu's were lifted. Who ever decides to replace units
is going to have a tough time, condenser lines were broken off about
8" inside the pvc pipe in the slab.
I passed on the replacement, figured either me, or my tools were
not survive.
At least they clean up after themselves better than some folks in the industry.....!
What a shame. could bust up the concrete to get close to the copper.
When you get that "no cooling" call, does it ever occur to you that the client never looks outside to see if anything is "unusual"?
Psalm 51:10, 12
More like the client took them to the pawn shop then called you for sympathy of their loss.
If you're too "open" minded, your brains will fall out.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Have you checked your condensing lately ?
What you couldn't pull the old copper from the inside? Or run new through the attic then down the wall?
Philippians 4:13I can do all things in him that strengthen me.Apostle Paul inspired by GOD.
I understand the aggravation of an old chase. If its a single story, go up the wall into soffit, if you must reuse the chase I have soldered new copper onto existing and pulled them through with my truck! It REALLY sucks, but a great sense of accomplishment.
Maybe homeowner scraped them then called you to claim on insurance. How do you bill for a no cool call like that? I would of turned down that install also. They probably can not afford you.
You need to put the phone down and get back to work!
I got a no cooling call for the pharmacy walk in box in a hospital. After tracing the line set and finding the rack room. Found that the compressor had been removed . Seems the day time engineer took the compressor to exchange for another one. Never bothered to tell any one that he was going to put a million dollars worth of drugs in peril....
Yep...did that once, with the customer's John Deere riding mower, so as not to tear up the yard.....tied on new inside in the closet....one of us fed line, while another stood at the door and directed the HO on his mower.
Worked great.
I don't see any reason to "walk away" from that job....looks like munny to me....especially if it's an insurance job. I've never had any problem getting insurance companies to pay the going market rate for work.
Technical incompetence is NOT a sales tool....
I think I will just start leaving a crack rock sitting on top of my unit so they will just take the rock and not my unit!