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Posted by on February 25, 2007, 4:39 am
On Feb 24, 2:13 pm, basing...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My heat stopped working yesterday, I've got a 5 year old lennox G40
> furnace. He tells me the problem is the draft induction blower motor,
> and that it's fried and needs to be replaced. I believe that b/c it
> jsut hums when the heat is turned on, and thats as far as the cycle
> goes.
> I'm already paying him $160 for coming out on the weekend and he
> quotes me $1330.00 to fix it. After prodding a bit I found out that
> the price for the work is "inflated a little" b/c it's a weekend call
> (Saturday night). I pay him the $160 charge for coming out and say "no
> thanks" to the rest of the work quoted.
> After some research on the web, I noticed that draft induction
> assemblies for this system average around $125. Unreal! I'm furious.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Do all Heating and Air companies overcharge this much on the
> weekends? Is this normal? It does not seem right. (The company is
> Hibner Heating and Air)
>
> 2) What is the average price to fix this, on a weekday...under normal
> circumstances?
>
> Thanks for any help.
charles smith aircon@sandiego.com
1) yes it is an avg price because its a weekend, its considered
emergency troubleshoting call on a week day it would be $75 plus
$10.00 travel fee for a troubleshoting call a service call is about
$65.00 total to clean a filter and make sure the unit is working
properly. an inducer motor could range from $75-$150 now think
about how much mark up the comany or technician will add tothe
purchase cost
I work in the industry in san diego CA if your fau/ furnace isonly 4
yrs old then the parts should still be under waranty if you have any
more questions call me 619-571-8838 c. smith
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