TURTLE wrote:

"PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message
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"Are you still in the business Turtle? 6K is a normal median price.
Some
are less, some more. You can't touch an Infinity system for 6K, nor
even
just a 13SEER 410-A over 3.5 tons. "

And of course it all depends on where you're starting from. If the
house has a modern forced air heating system, it;s one thing. If it
has hot water heat, then it's a different story.



Yeah lotsa hot water heating systems in Louisiana is my bet.

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SVL




This is Turtle.

I see the ones here speaking has stars in their eyes of what they think the
Oakdale, La. 71463 HVAC service company makes money wise. There is 2 of the 5
service and installer companys in town that thinks changing out a 5 ton
condenser for a job at cost + $125.00 = the job done. $885.00 sales tax included
for a Evcon / Luxaire / York. I bid $1,500.00 in Rheem and $1,275.00 in Goodman.
The other bidder told the preacher that i was a ripping the church off by
wanting these high prices. The sad part here is the preacher believed him but
the other fellow would not come back to fix the job with a freezing up expanion
valve problem. They called me to come fix the mess up and i told the Preacher it
would be $200.00 to fix it. he said that seemed way to high to fix it. i said
then you know it could run $300.00 or so the more I think about it. I went a
head and did it for $225.00 but i will never get use to Idiots in the customer
base.

3 of the 5 service companys have other jobs and suppliment their income with
hvac work. There is only 2 companys that do this full time for a living, Myself
and one other. If you want to work residentiual jobs. You have to put up with a
fellows who thinks Cost + $125.00 for condenser units and Cost + $250.00 for
complete system change outs [ furnace , coil, and condenser ].

I thought about moving years ago but did not for some reason.
TURTLE


Turtle, I think you should have moved. You need to get paid for you hard
work and years of experience.

In hot (& humid) climates with long cooling seasons I wish every county
government, utilizing the power companies, would fund an Energy Audit
campaign to reduce the massive waste of energy in America. (That ought
to get some feathers ruffled.) - udarrell - Darrell

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Factors in the Correct Sizing of Residential Air Conditioning Systems -
Recommended Procedures for Proper Duct Sizing of Residential Air Conditioning Systems
http://www.udarrell.com/proper_cfm_b...syste ms.html

INTRODUCTION TO TOTAL COOLING PERFORMANCE;
how installing a 3-ton system can become a 1.5-ton system of actual
delivered cooling (SURPRISE!):

http://epb1.lbl.gov/residential/cool.html