Can't breathe!

[machery]

The pic says it all! I put this unit in 16 yrs ago. Trane 4 ton 10 SEER. Surprised it still works. I was over for another issue and noticed the unit......had to take a pic. There will be NO convincing the owner she needs to trim the hedges away from it. I'll just wait till it dies and tell her to cut them away so I can get to it!

[ncboston]

Very well manicured. Also well hidden from copper thieves.

[cehs]

Can't breathe, can't work on it either.
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[Six]

Can't breathe, can't work on it either.
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Yep, exactly.

One of our building owners has 5 Tranes on his home surrounded by bushes. One needed a new comp.

Told him to cut them back because it represented a safety hazard.

He started to protest and then I interrupted him and asked if his home owners policy was up to date .

He muttered an expletive and walked into one of his 2 garages and came out with a electric chainsaw.

LOL

[AC5096]

Think of the shrubbery as a filter. I hate those old GE/Trane units. They're tough, but you have to exclusively use OEM replacement parts.

I usually get the ones that are surrounded by Virginia Creeper, that turns out to be poison ivy.

[mark beiser]

I hate those old GE/Trane units. They're tough, but you have to exclusively use OEM replacement parts.

Only for the compressor, everything else has alternatives to the OEM part.

[AC5096]

Only for the compressor, everything else has alternatives to the OEM part.

Fasco did make a replacement cond. fan motor. I'm thinking it was the D1050. If you ever needed to add a hardstart to one, you needed a can opener.

[fridgitator]

After 16 years of service, I doubt you'll be able to convince them that the hedge is a problem.There are some things people just won't hear.

[blitz]

I would've just trample over whatever garden they had put around their unit. I need the space to service it. either cut it or I walk on it.

[AtticAce]

I would leave the unit in place, put a pad on top and install the new unit and wah-la the problem is solved.

[xarralu]

I would've just trample over whatever garden they had put around their unit. I need the space to service it. either cut it or I walk on it.

[Pete954]

Laughed (in a good way) at Blitz' solution. Laughed even harder at AtticAce's.
We run in to this ALL THE TIME down here in South Florida. When faced with the choice of purty bushes or cold air the issue is resolved PDQ. A sawzall makes a great pruner

[blitz]

Laughed (in a good way) at Blitz' solution. Laughed even harder at AtticAce's.
We run in to this ALL THE TIME down here in South Florida. When faced with the choice of purty bushes or cold air the issue is resolved PDQ. A sawzall makes a great pruner

I'm sure florida has lots of purdy bushes I like them trimmed....

[Jim1977]

I'm sure blitz get's called back the next time something goes wrong..... or not.

In fact if it blows upward the hot air isn't going to get drawn back in bushes or no bushes. As long as there is a bit of clearance between them and the unit, it probably increases efficiency by drawing air that's pre-cooled by the hollow, shady interior of the hedges and the dirt beneath.

[skip217]

I'm sure florida has lots of purdy bushes I like them trimmed....

There must be a "Brazilian" joke here somewhere...

[coolairman]

Stupid costs extra

[OldSchoolMech]

There must be a "Brazilian" joke here somewhere...

I was thinking more of the American Bald Eagle

[blitz]

no. I fixed it the 1st try hahaha. If I do get called back the bushes are trimmed.