line set replacement help

Posted by Lloyd E. Sponenburgh on June 1, 2007, 3:25 pm

> Thanks for everyone's comments- I think I knew the correct answer but I
> just wanted some guidance, as I'm relatively new and still learning the
> trade.
> I just priced out 80' of 1-1/8 x 3/8" and it was almost $500!

I just put in a Rheem system with 1-1/8" x 3/8". Fifty feet of both ran me
just over $225. Why so much where you are?

(and you other guys... why the hell does Rheem call out 1-1/8" as 'standard'
for that unit, then put 1" couplings on the evap and condenser?? [ Please,
don't tell me because Rheem is cheep crapp... even if it is -- that's what
the boss buys, and that's what I have to install. There must be some
purpose beyond saving 50-cents on the last 3" of pipe in each package.])

LLoyd

Posted by on June 1, 2007, 6:30 pm

> > Thanks for everyone's comments- I think I knew the correct answer but I
> > just wanted some guidance, as I'm relatively new and still learning the
> > trade.
> > I just priced out 80' of 1-1/8 x 3/8" and it was almost $500!

> I just put in a Rheem system with 1-1/8" x 3/8". Fifty feet of both ran

> just over $225. Why so much where you are?

7/8 x 3/8 is $4.00 a foot here.... 50' would be $200, 80' would be $320

You must have got your 1 1/8 x 3/8 on the black market!

Posted by Lloyd E. Sponenburgh on June 4, 2007, 7:38 am

> 7/8 x 3/8 is $4.00 a foot here.... 50' would be $200, 80' would be $320
> You must have got your 1 1/8 x 3/8 on the black market!

Not unless Baker Bros. is getting their distro through it.... It didn't

_look_ like recycled beer cans, was capped and clean... didn't leak.... <G>

One reasonable answer is that there was (as in past-tense) a big building
boom here for a long while, and it just crashed -- hard. So it might be
that the distributers are overstocked on the expensive items, and willing to
compete on price to get the levels down. Baker had literally a whole
semi-load of new condensor units in boxes stacked up in the parking lot,
with no obvious plan to get them indoors. All with "sale" tags on them,
about like you'd expect at an appliance store.

LLoyd

Posted by Bubba on June 1, 2007, 11:47 pm

On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:51:58 GMT, "Bruce Kelly"

>I am replacing a 10 seer 3ton a/c system with a 15 seer 3ton. The existing
>lineset is ~80ft, of which 30ft is inaccessible.
>for full ratings, Goodman requires the use of 1 1/8" suction line, while the
>existing line set is only 3/4" x 3/8"
>is it worth while to go ahead and replace the 50' run with 1 1/8" even
>though the middle 30' will still be 3/4" ?
>customer states that condenser has already been replaced once after only
>five years. The existing condenser is dead after ~8yrs. I advised replacing
>complete line set, but cost will be prohibitive to customer (still probably
>less than replacing the condenser after 8yrs).
>I can relocate the condenser to the south side of the house which will
>reduce the run by an additional 25 to 30 feet, however it will get a lot
>more heat on that side of the house.
>any recommendations?

Simple. Stop hacking in equipment you know nothing about. Call an
actual company that knows what they are doing.
The questions you ask show you know absolutely nothing about the
trade. Stop wasting your money and/or your "customers" money.
Bubba

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