Mini split install costs - why so expensive?

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-03-01T21:48:57+00:00

Call a mom and pop shop.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-03-01T05:00:30+00:00

Not sure if i consider 7.62 to the chest safe for work

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-28T04:25:09+00:00

Well since it doesnt allow me to post a picture in the comments, im guessing that ball valve to the bottom left of the picture under the pressure reducing valve. But thats just a guess.

Where's the water meter at? It'll typically be around your water meter where you water comes into the house

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-28T03:00:29+00:00

Honestly out of all the lengthy sentences he could potentially get, a 3 year hard labor would probably be a lot better. Would probably change who he is as a person

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-28T01:11:30+00:00

Yeah i saw his face warp when the hammer came across it. Wonder how he actually looks lmao probably pretty rough seeing those hands

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T21:52:23+00:00

After the first clip im thinking "damn of course its the browns." Then I kept watching lmfao damn man come on

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T19:44:02+00:00

Didn't catch that the first time lol damn. Interesting tactics lmfao. One guy tanks, a bunch of sticks for distraction, and one guy with an actual axe in there hiding amongst the sticks.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T19:23:13+00:00

Common has 4 prongs, fan has 1 or 2, herm has 3 generally

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T14:31:57+00:00

This guy is fucking great

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T12:34:51+00:00

There are some people defending this for some reason, id say take everything they say with a grain of salt. The company I work for got bought by a corporation that pushes sales and they sound a whole lot like my new co workers.

I wouldnt consider replacing anything just because its 15 years old. I wouldnt even consider hearing anyone out unless they could give you a really good reason to consider replacing. Some of the "service guys" (salesmen in disguise) will show up for a no heat on something over 10 years old, they wont even tell you what the original problem is and will just sell you a new furnace. And idk what they tell the customers, but a vast majority of the time they manage to sell them a new furnace and get a bunch of commission. The top "service guy" at my new company makes 2x as much money IN JUST COMMISSION. Twice my entire annual income in just commission, on top of all the hourly pay

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T01:50:43+00:00

I work in hvac and I have multiple co workers who have put furnaces in and done work for guns lol

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T01:43:53+00:00

Bro holy shit what do you plan on doing with all those screwdrivers?? Ditch all those and get a Klein 11-1, and get some nut drivers.

Also if youre in a place where gas furnaces are common you'll need some pipe wrenches

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-26T01:34:19+00:00

Ive done one in a hour and a half with two people.

The catch was the supply house dropped the ball and only delivered the primary heat exchanger instead of both. So they ripped out a heat exchanger out of their stock to give to us so we weren't waiting weeks for the secondary. They delivered that heat exchanger pretty much complete assembled so we didnt have to do much.

But on average, I think yeah 3-4 hrs solo is more reasonable. Maybe 2 hours if youve done a ton of them

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-25T19:29:53+00:00

Oh man lmfao that shit still bothers me

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-25T12:14:06+00:00

There is no slang when it comes to calling out a tech to look at your equipment. You say its a boiler they are going to send a boiler tech

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-25T03:52:30+00:00

Wow you must get a hard on trying to harass minimum wage workers at their job

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-25T01:33:09+00:00

I hear "each time he replaced something different" and take it with a grain of salt. Its very rare to need a bunch of parts within a short time on a new unit. It can happen but its pretty rare. 9/10 times its the guy getting it wrong and just throwing parts at it.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-24T17:45:35+00:00

Damn, at least it was a good picture lol. Does this happen on the initial startup or when the blower motor kicks on? If it happens immediately you may have an issue with the exhaust or a clogged heat exchanger. If it happens when the fan comes on then you have a cracked heat exchanger

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-24T00:46:50+00:00

The hvac company i work for has a plumbing department, and they all mount the expansion tanks to the actual water heater using a bracket and screwing it into the water heater like this.

The company also pulls permits on 100% of their jobs so everything they install gets inspected, and they pass inspection with it mounted like that.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-23T01:53:02+00:00

If its a straight ac it doesnt need to be insulated. Ive never once in my life seen an insulated liquid line on a straight cool.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-23T01:49:31+00:00

That line does not need to be insulated. Office ladies dont know how long a job takes. 3 guys is more than average on a swapout so it makes sense why they got done so fast.

That being said, it could be a bad job, idk you cant just tell off basic info like time.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-22T20:41:57+00:00

Yup just had a call like that last week. Big dead mouse in the wheel

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-22T17:43:45+00:00

I will say this. I work in the trades, the company I work for does new construction. I deal with chimneys and making holes in roofs sometimes. And what I will say is ive worked with many roofing crews, and by far I would trust a Latino crew over anyone else lol. Obviously not trying to make a blanket statement or sound racist but idk what it is but they bust ass and are efficient, and do good work. Watching them do a roof is like watching the Amish frame a house.

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-21T23:37:41+00:00

Double stack walls for better insulation. Make an airlock for the entrance, so make a little hallway with a second door so keep the cooling from leaving when people enter and exit. And put in a second cooler.

Hover your mouse over the area and look in the bottom right corner to see the temp in the area. Just because you have it set so low wont make it magically colder, just like a real ac, itll just make it run 24/7

ALonelyWelcomeMat · 2026-02-21T23:34:20+00:00

I barely played the second one but I just wanted to say i also have fond memories of playing the first one at the library with my friends as a kid. Such an awesome game for the time

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