I posted the other day looking for someone to replace our AC. I took the advice and had a few guys come by and check it out.
We have a 2800 sq foot two story in Mckinney. Currently have 2 units that are both about 18 years old. One is done and needs replaced. The other is probably not too far behind. We don't know much about HVAC but have done out internet research for what it is worth. We kinda had an idea about what we were looking.
One of the guys that came out threw out an idea that hadn't even crossed our mind. Firstly he suggested we didn't need the size that one of the others recommended. What he really suggested we do was go to one 5 ton unit and install a damper system, 2 zoned, 2 thermostats. This has really thrown my wife.
To me the pros are savings overall for the complete system. No longer double the maintenance. With this size it would be variable speeds which sounds appealing to me. It would also result in a savings in our energy bill.
I have exhaustively tried to research and look for advice. There are a lot that say two is better but when I dig deeper, those that say that don't have a zoned system or did not have it properly installed and configured. Those that say one is the way to go all say it really depends on the install. The guy that quoted this for us was from a recommendation here and I do trust that he would do the proper install.
Now, this is the big con. Only one system means if it goes down we are screwed. Each time one unit has gone down, we move around the house and are ok. This is my wife's big hang up.
Thoughts? Thanks.
We have a 2800 sq foot two story in Mckinney. Currently have 2 units that are both about 18 years old. One is done and needs replaced. The other is probably not too far behind. We don't know much about HVAC but have done out internet research for what it is worth. We kinda had an idea about what we were looking.
One of the guys that came out threw out an idea that hadn't even crossed our mind. Firstly he suggested we didn't need the size that one of the others recommended. What he really suggested we do was go to one 5 ton unit and install a damper system, 2 zoned, 2 thermostats. This has really thrown my wife.
To me the pros are savings overall for the complete system. No longer double the maintenance. With this size it would be variable speeds which sounds appealing to me. It would also result in a savings in our energy bill.
I have exhaustively tried to research and look for advice. There are a lot that say two is better but when I dig deeper, those that say that don't have a zoned system or did not have it properly installed and configured. Those that say one is the way to go all say it really depends on the install. The guy that quoted this for us was from a recommendation here and I do trust that he would do the proper install.
Now, this is the big con. Only one system means if it goes down we are screwed. Each time one unit has gone down, we move around the house and are ok. This is my wife's big hang up.
Thoughts? Thanks.
Comment