DrSpeed
Eight Pointer
So I have been living in my first house now for a little over a year and just had the compressor in my outside heat pump go out. Had someone come to look at it and quote me for $2400 for the compressor install (an old r22 system), or $2800 for a new outdoor 410a trane unit matched to the old one's performance (~14SEER, ~8.2HSPF). The compressor repair number seems a bit high, but given the "obsoleteness" of r22, I sort of expect it. I have only dealt with the lighter side of refrigeration at work, (replacing relays & capacitors) and am a bit out of my depth.
I don't know if it's uncouth to talk about prices and such in the HVAC trade, but I can't find anything online about pricing for only heat pumps vs whole systems, non-matching systems, or even comparable unit prices. Everything seems to be locked out to dealers/technicians only.
Are there any HVAC tradesmen around here that can elaborate or sanity check on those numbers or fill me in on extra information I should know, or be asking questions about?
I don't know if it's uncouth to talk about prices and such in the HVAC trade, but I can't find anything online about pricing for only heat pumps vs whole systems, non-matching systems, or even comparable unit prices. Everything seems to be locked out to dealers/technicians only.
Are there any HVAC tradesmen around here that can elaborate or sanity check on those numbers or fill me in on extra information I should know, or be asking questions about?