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Posted by John on July 20, 2006, 1:49 pm
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>>>>
>>>>> This may not make you happy, but I have run into the same but I took
>>>>> pictures with my digital camera and sent them to the state inspection
>>>>> department to have them quite in dealing with the public and not
>>>>> having a license and insurance only to find out later they were
>>>>> connected to a apartment.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Texas if they are with a apartment maintenance they are legal. The
>>>>> only way they can get into trouble if they are caught doing work off
>>>>> the apartment property.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not too long ago I went to a review of the state codes and learned
>>>>> that Texas does not have a
>>>>> statue of limitations on side work. So if someone did some side work
>>>>> and 20 years down the road something goes wrong and lets say there had
>>>>> been a fire and the city also finds that a permit had not been pulled
>>>>> the insurance company does not have to pay.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is why I inform my friends to get a license contractor to do the
>>>>> work or even those who want to try to save money is to go down to the
>>>>> city hall to get a home owners permit. At least the city inspector
>>>>> will come by and check the work to be safe.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Note: I do not mind in home owners trying to do work themselves
>>>>> because most of the time they have to pay extra to a contractor to fix
>>>>> their work. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And times are changing. You are now seeing quite a few cities in Texas
>>>>> that wants a copy of a heat load before you can replace a existing
>>>>> condensing unit or furnace and installing a new system to get a
>>>>> permit.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just helped a friend install a condensing furnace - pretty
>>>> straightforward job if you can read instructions. Total cost about
>>>> $1200, not bad considering he saved 3-4k over the contractor's price.
>>>> Oh yeah, the inspector said it was as good or better install than most
>>>> pro's perform.
>>>
>>> Not bad, since anyone can by a Goodman for less than that....
>>>
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>> Not a Goodman and that includes 80' of 3" PVC, filter kit and bayvent
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> You still havent impressed anyone.
> No information, no model numbers, no size info, no make...
> Hell, you might have bought a Trane unit for that...a 40,000BTU bottom of
> the line unit that makes a Goodman unit look good.
> EVERY brand has crap. The difference is when you go back to service it
> over the course of years, and the one that cost an additional 2000 is
> still looking like new, while the 1200 dollar unit is about shot, and the
> warrantys void and null.
>
>
Armstrong tech 91 upflow 75k BTU and I can buy 3 more new furnaces before
approaching the cost of the contractor's install price. Most likely problem
will be flame sensor contamination - a little steel wool and another $100
service call saved.
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