Recent content by Thaloc

If I drive my truck, my tools and my brain to your house I'm charging you money. Nobody will do this for free.

There is an electrician near me that doesnt even answer the phone. Voicemail says they are only doing work for clients they have done business with in the past 10 years and they are booked 6 months out. ALSO it is extremely expensive to run any skilled trades company. A previous employer with...

That isn't a bad price. understand that there is also travel time to pick up that part, turn it back in for credit and warranty paperwork. probably comes out to $250/hr which is a healthy number. I don't work with anyone elses diagnosis. Many people are retarded. If you called me up and wanted...

Warranties do not cover refrigerant so this + labor is why the cost is high.

Bonus rooms are a scam. You take a room right above a garage which isn't 100% isolated from outdoor weather and put it right next to the fucking roof. The only way you will ever ever properly condition that is with its own system which usually ends up being a mini split.

Any black iron piping outside must be painted or it will rust. Knock the loose shit off with a brush and hit it with rustoleum battleship gray.

Concentrics, vents for your furnace.

Find a union hall and sign up. The best benefits anywhere and after 5 years you can take the journeyman test, scale where I am is around $42 + benefits.

Tramsformers don't usually fail intermittently, I would check to see if you have a drain that is slow to drain and tripping a float switch. Could be a loose low voltage connection too.

Home warranty cos are a scam. I would advise you to find a local company to replace the equipment, ask your friends or neighbors who they would recommend. Any system you can buy today will save you $ in operating costs. That electric bill is huge, either you have a very high electric rate or...

You can try. Your ductwork is designed to cool the exact amount it is doing now, adding airflow to a new location will take it awat from somewhere else.

About $6000 for an 1100 sqft house.

Even if you insulate the fuck out of it, it's still going to be an attic. The only way to make that space livable would be to add a mini split.

I had spray foam done about 7 years ago, definitely helps muffle the noise from outside as well as insulates. Ask about warranty on the product. About a year ago I had to open a bathroom wall and found the spray foam had shrunk away from the wall by a few inches each side.

Avg like expectancy is about 15 years,, guy is trying to sell you a system. 23k is very expensive unless you are being quoted an inverter system, id get a second opinion. Find a local mom n pop shop instead of a franchise.