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"Bubba " ReMoVe wrote in message
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Bull**** yourself. NO WARRANTY whatsoever when a Goodman is purchased
through the internet.
...and every builder that uses it does so because the **** is cheap.
Its cheap for a reason. Figure it out. Personally, I love em. Best
damn parts dump ever. Loads and loads of repairs.
Bubba

What I love about Goodman.

Heat pump fan delays
Heat pump electric strip sequencers
GE capacitors
GE blower motors
GE condensor unit motors
Crapman compressors
Sell to anyone attitude
CHEAP ass cabinets
CHEAPER basic thermostats
Defrost boards
Fan delay boards on 12 SEER and up heat pump AH
and ANY of the new suck ass GE VS motor stuff they are using.
Oh..almost forgot...rubber end caps on the old heat exchangers that fell
out.

yea...its what I want in my home....NOT.

People...seriously...you can do what you want, and while it will work like
it should till it breaks..work on em for a living, and you find out what a
deal you didnit get.
I can tell you this...most legitimate contractors, will keep a supply of
Goodman replacement parts, like the sequencers, caps, motors and boards on
the vans...cause most of the time in an area where a Goodman
hack..err..contractor is working, THATS what you are gonna be putting in.
And yes..even with warranty, the moneys not bad.

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:37:24 -0500, "Rush Limballs"
wrote:

Bull****. Goodman has a strong warrranty which they honor 100%. Every new
builder uses goodman to keep costs down and quality up, good unit that
gets
no respect as guys try to sell you an adverted model.
Buy the furnace and a/c on ebay, that way you have a 100% gtee as it was
bought from a traditional retailer.
"CBHVAC" wrote in message
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"komobu" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi;

Need a new AC system in my house in Va. I am in the US Military and
currently live in Korea.

An AC Contractor is quoting me $5780 to replace my residential AC /
Furnace with the following 3 ton unit:
Model 38BRC036 3ton R-22 a/c unit 12SEER
CD5AXW036021 EVAPORATOR COIL
MODEL 58STA110 GAS FURNACE,
WITH A 20 YR HEAT EXCHANGER WARRANTY,
INSTALLED PRICE $5780.00

I have seen a 13 SEER Goodman Dual Fuel heat pumps with a 90K 93% Gas
Furnace on the internet for 2350. I am debating whether I should fly
back to Va and do the job myself. If I fly back to Va, it will cost me
roughly 900 for the flight and I can stay with family. Thus I would be
saving over 2500 dollars and I would be getting a higher seer unit with
a 2 stage variable speed compressor.

And NO warranty...none...ever...it breaks cause you installed it wrong,
its over..buy another one.
Thats in goodmans warranty BTW.

Oh...and thats a hell of a lot more than a legit contractor can get that
crap for.

Some of the questions I have are these:
1) How much of the 5780 that the contractor is quoting is equipment and
how much is actual labor / mark ups? It would be bennificial for me to
pay to have the job done if the total labor cost was less than $2,000.

Ask your contractor.
I get called lowball by alot of guys, and im not even.

2) How intensive is an AC Install? (I am a Sheetmetal worker by trade.)
I am thinking that I put the condensor in place, the furnace in place,
and hook up a few electrical connections. I then sweat / bolt the
refrigerent lines and call out an AC Shop to verify all conections,
vacume the lines and turn it on.

I wont even touch a homeowner installed unit.

3) If I call out an AC Shop to verify the install, I would think that I
could get them to verify the system install for less than a couple
hundred. Is this true?

Not with a legitimate contractor.

Some Background. I am a Sheetmetal worker by trade. I have a Universal
License in Air Conditioning. I even taught automotive AC Systems for a
local community college. I have never worked on any residential HVAC
systems. I am a very serious do-it-yourselfer. I have built additions
on houses. I have even completey removed and replaced an entire house
electrical system.

The interesting thing about this whole thing is that for the last three
years I have been talking about going to school and getting into the
residential HVAC bussiness when I return to the states. I could
actually use this project as part of my education!

Im in NC, and IIRC, VA has gone to a licence system close to
ours....meaning, a homeowner legally cant install a unit.

I am open to any advice and would appreciate any feedback.

Pat