What r/hvacadvice is talking about this week

Recent bought a house in so cal. Called a hvac company out to do an inspection on my unit. He crawled into my addict and didn’t even bother going outside until I mentioned to him that I’d like for...

HVAC technician said our old thermostat was bad, and charged a total of $670 to install this one. Quoted the price of the thermostat as $525. Did we just get over charged?

This was a fun one (last year). Now I hate turning off furnaces when an exchanger is compromised. This pic is used as an example to newer techs. They may never find exchangers like this. But they...

Had a plumber come out today to look at my water heater, and while he was here, he noticed the ABS piping connected to my Lennox HVAC/furnace system. He immediately mentioned that ABS piping...

I’ll preface this by saying I’m an electrician, started in residential/commercial for two years before going into manufacturing controls and facilities for the past four. Mom’s furnace guy is a...

I have included some photos so you get an idea... I have alot of windows, and not really enough space on an outside wall for head units with a Mini split. The house DOES have a crawlspace under...

I had a weird situation happen yesterday. A local home service company (11k+ reviews on google) came and did a “free” hvac inspection as we used them previously. They red tagged our 18 year old...

Solo operator 18 - installs - $218,000 revenue Service side - $118,000 Maintenance customer - $300 a year - 22 Total revenue made $336,000 Total gross profit $231,000 Total net profit - $136,000...

I went to cover the top of my daughters unit (from leaves) and when I looked closer there’s all kinds of debris and dryer lint in the fins because her dryer vent I right there. I took the sides...