HVAC Price

[chadt1234]

Having to replace the upstairs AC unit in my house. NW Houston area. I got a quote for a 2.5ton system. Condenser, coil, furnace and new plenum for $6,000. Anyone know if that is a decent price or not?

[Reasonable]

I am not an AC guy, but just got a quote for the following:

-Amana equipment unless American Standard is preferred at a higher price -14 SEER 2 1/2 ton ac split system -60k gas furnace 80% -2 surge protectors -Wi-Fi smart thermostat or programmable Honeywell digital thermostat -new electrical disconnects and whips -flush the copper Lineset with r11 flush -new gas flex line and connections -water damage safety switches -new drain pan -new filter base -new exhaust piping -10 year manufacturers parts warranty -1 year labor warranty -5 year clean coil/clean blower wheel guarantee with the Indoor Air Quality devices upgrade

$12,359

Hope this helps

[Txhunter3000]

That's sounds like a really good price if it's at least a 14 SEER.

[haas0311]

dude, I just had my 4ton 17SEER installed on Friday and it cost me $16K. I'd say that is a good price!

[7sdad]

3 years ago we build a new house and they installed a 3.5 ton unit and I believe it was $6,500. Last year we wanted to add a 1.5 ton unit up stairs and they wanted $16,000.

[dirtybay]

Prices are very high. I have a pool house that has an old 2 ton on its last leg, thinking about a mini split to avoid that huge price rage.

[friscopaint]

AC guys on here can chime in but ours told us if you want one get it soon.. Your good ole government and EPA requiring new coolants to replace freon and it's highly flammable and the units aren't even manufactured yet, or weren't, because they are trying to figure out how not to burn your house down........took sons car to local mechanic, friend of mine, and another friend was picking his daughters up for same thing AC compressor and he said get ready his was $1400 and I told them nothing is cheap now and he said absolutely not and much of it is junk. His shop rates are very reasonable it's crazy prices on parts, buy hey the news said record low inflation.....FYI my home AC is over 40 years old and guys are amazed by it and actually take pictures of it when they service it, they all say this was when things were made to last new ones maybe 10 year life span, Local AC company in our town, huge oufit, came out to service over 5 years and ago and said the unit is shot and needs replaced. Called Airview out of Van Alstyne they came out and fixed a couple parts for $300 and service twice a year. I have full tank of R22 in my shop just in case.....

[Quackerbox]

My good friend does AC work and was out at my dads a few weeks ago. He said units are about to hit another price jump. That said cost on a 4 ton RUUD is around 2500-3k. 5 figures should come with a reach around

[dosrobles]

My good friend does AC work and was out at my dad’s a few weeks ago. He said units are about to hit another price jump. That said cost on a 4 ton RUUD is around 2500-3k. 5 figures should come with a reach around

Your a/c person must look a lot different than mine if that reach around would make you feel better. But than again, I live near Austin so you do you (or him).

[Quackerbox]

Your a/c person must look a lot different than mine if that reach around would make you feel better. But than again, I live near Austin so you do you (or him).

Dont be mad cause you got, got. It happens and he gets TONS of work that way. I cant help you got an unhonest guy. Theres a reason a large company in houston threatened him with a lawsuit when he came in 1000s under their bid and the lady called to complain to them.


The reason he was at my dads cause pops got told some controller was out in his unit and would be 200 to buy and a 100 to put in. Called my him and he tells me none of the controllers cost that much. We ride out to my dads and the unit was simply plugged in wrong. Yet some smuck was gonna take 300 bucks from my dad to plug something in.

We put a new 4 ton on my house 3 years ago for under 4k. Complete new system, duct work and all. The mark up is real, find someone whos not taking it the next level

[dosrobles]

Dont be mad cause you got, got. It happens and he gets TONS of work that way. I cant help you got an unhonest guy. Theres a reason a large company in houston threatened him with a lawsuit when he came in 1000s under their bid and the lady called to complain to them.


The reason he was at my dads cause pops got told some controller was out in his unit and would be 200 to buy and a 100 to put in. Called my him and he tells me none of the controllers cost that much. We ride out to my dads and the unit was simply plugged in wrong. Yet some smuck was gonna take 300 bucks from my dad to plug something in.

We put a new 4 ton on my house 3 years ago for under 4k. Complete new system, duct work and all. The mark up is real, find someone whos not taking it the next level

I think we have our wires crossed. I didn’t get got or get a reach around. I was just being a smart asz

[60 Deluxe]

A quick Google search will show you that a 14+ SEER Trane can be purchased for about $3200 for the equipment. $9,000 for labor and freight seems a little steep to me. I'm doing some research on the coming changes. The "new" refrigerant isn't all that new. It is already being used in automobiles. It is flammable, so there will be a sensor in the air handler that will shut off the compressor and leave the fan running in order to dilute the concentration in the air handler to below a dangerous level. The total charge of refrigerant in the system, in most cases, is too little to raise the air in a home to a level where there will be danger.

I'm actually getting to the point where I have to think about what we will do if our 3.5 ton unit goes down. It is twenty-one years old and I've already wired around the high pressure switch that has been problematic since week one. We are on our fourth blower motor which is the less than stellar performer Genteq 2.3 X-13. For those of you that don't know, these motors are controlled by a module and the programming is proprietary. A new motor will be north of $800 unless you get extremely lucky and find a used module on Ebay that is programmed for your air handler. It is a crap shoot doing that. The last go around I got a couple of years out of a used $100 module. Two weeks ago I was about ready to rewire the whole air handler in order to use a standard capacitor type motor and I ran across a plug and play module that does the thinking for you and allows you to plug your wiring harness in to the new module and the wires from a standard motor into the module. Five minutes of basic set-up later, the ECM motor is a thing of the past. My ECM motor had fifteen control wires, so I had to purchase the most expensive module. Modules cost between $130 and $290. The cheap ones will get you a single speed motor. The one I bought has three speeds. All in, I invested $400 to maybe get a few more years out of this system and to free myself from the ECM boondoggle that the A/C manufacturers are getting well healed from. When the blower motor goes in our other heat pump, you can bet that it will not be replaced with another ECM motor.

From what I've read, the new refrigerant will have some really good performance numbers. I'm not the least bit afraid of putting one of those systems in, but I would rather not do it in the first year or two while they work out the glitches.

[chadt1234]

It's a 17 SEER lennox system. I figured it was a good price. I've known the guy for years. Just wanted to make sure.

[Txhunter3000]

Man that's an awesome price for a 17.

[bowhntrmatt]

I don't know if anyone in my area is nearly that cheap. At least not someone with a license and speaks English.