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Posted by Don Ocean on December 25, 2008, 12:39 am
Bubba wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> olddog wrote:
>>> Heating/AC 3 ton 14/15 SEER, 12 EISR
>>> Goodman vs. Lennox vs. Rheem
>>> Bid Installed (Easy in and out):
>>> Goodman (14 Seer): $3682
>>> Lennox (14 Seer): $4485
>>> Rheem (15 Seer): $4634
>>> Natural Gas
>>> 1711 sq ft house Austin Central TX, vaulted ceilings
>>> I've checked out installers and they have acceptable BBB ratings.
>> Better Business Bureau is a Joke.. We all are members... Do you really
>> think they would diss the very folks that pay BBB's Salaries? Check your
>> neighbors and install whatever equipment is prevalent and has a comuple
>> of competing companies. That way, in an emergency parts are readily
>> available and so is service. I got a Fridgidaire furnace call 34 miles
>> out Sunday nite at -14ºF and a nasty windchill. Logic board was out..
>> Where do you get a logic board immediately for a Fridgidaire when the
>> nearest distributor is 280 miles away? Kerosene Torpedo heater has to
>> suffice. Stinks like all get out, but the house stays warm until parts
>> get here.
> Don,
> You might want to try out this board as a stock item.
> http://www.climatedoctors.com/items/item.aspx?itemid=429687
> Fits a ton of furnaces.
> Bubba
Sounds good, but this unit was 2 years old and owner expected Warranty
parts. I am sure he would have settled for paying cash that night
though. These farm boys that decide to be HVAC installers and then
haul ass into the sunset are a real pain in the ass.
>
>>> Installers working under umbrella TX state contractors license
>>> Goodman/Lennox: *Airco* = 21 year HVAC Exp per salesman
>>> Rheem: *Autumn HVAC *Installers* Salesman with 3 years exp. Name of
>>> installer = Earnest questionable as to experience (7 years?)
>>> Rheem installer said he wouldn't do a Lennox install "Lennox circuit boards
>>> bad..." "Goodman cheap".
>>> Signed:
>>> "Homemoaner" (Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death)
>>> olddog
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>
> Goodman vs. Lennox vs. Rheem
>
> Bid Installed (Easy in and out):
>
> Goodman (14 Seer): $3682
>
> Lennox (14 Seer): $4485
>
> Rheem (15 Seer): $4634
>
> Natural Gas
>
> 1711 sq ft house Austin Central TX, vaulted ceilings
>
> I've checked out installers and they have acceptable BBB ratings.