There's a Hole

[billroper]

There's an itty-bitty hole somewhere in the fourteen year old air conditioner that keeps our house cool in the summer. It's not by any means an obvious hole, but enough of the refrigerant had departed from the coils that cooling was no longer occurring. We called our AC guy who came over and refilled the system until he clears enough of the backed-up service calls that he can install a new unit. When he does, he's going to add a auxiliary AC for the upstairs that should fix the temperature problem that we've had up here ever since moving in, because the downstairs AC really can't keep the upstairs very cool. There can be anywhere from a four to ten degree differential between the two floors.

We also need to have a new roof put on. We'll add an attic fan then to vent the warm air from the attic, which should make it easier for the auxiliary unit to keep up with the cooling problem.

But it's going to be an expensive summer.

Comments

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

We did the new roof and attic fan a couple of summers ago. Probably also should have gone the auxiliary unit route as well.

[dave-ifversen.livejournal.com]

I think you can still get units that use R-22 refrigerant, but not for much longer (they are supposed to discontinue that for a new system). Unfortunately, if you have to go with the new system, in addition to a condenser (the part sitting outside, most likely where the leak is), you will need a new evaporator *and* new refrigerant lines between the two (the new system runs at ~500 psi or so, as opposed to the much lower pressure of the R-22).

At least the new unit your AC guy will install should have a much higher SEER rating than what is there now - much better for your cooling bills...

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[janmagic.livejournal.com]

live somewhere for 15 years and it all goes to pot.

i guess your running early.

have you seen the new billboards? they say "your wife is hot!"
the bottom of the large letters is an aircondition company.

makes me laugh expecially on the 5 trips to the airport this week.

every body is on the way home. yea.

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

An expensive summer, yeah when you got to the part about a new roof, I thought OUCH.

Our big expense looms, leak in the basement. Mike and I are tempted to track it down our selves. we might be able to stop gap it till next summer.

Have fun with repairs.