How Do I Know If I Need A New Air Conditioning System?

"So these are great times to invest in a system that will save you money - not invest in the system just to go with the cheapest price to get it up and running."  

- Bruce Gammon,  Heating & Cooling Expert

 

The owner, Bruce Gammon from Gammon's Heating & Cooling joins Check A Pro Joe on this episode.  Bruce explains the ins and outs of whether to replace the entire air or heating system or to just replace some of it.

Check out this episode of Gammon's Heating & Cooling Podcast to find out more about proper sizing of air conditioning units in you home ...

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

So these are great times to invest in a system that will save you money not invest in the system just to go with the cheapest price to get it up and running. This is the check a pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products new techniques now here's your host the man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe heating and cooling is so important to our overall comfort a lot of people call comfort systems and I totally agree with that a question has come across my desk and it's this if you have an older heating and air conditioning system can I save money by just replacing the outdoor unit So what they mean by this is they're AC unit the one that's outside I've asked Bruce gammon to join me from Gammon’s heating and cooling he is an air conditioning and heating expert hey Bruce how are you I'm great Joe yeah thank you for joining me today I'm sure you've heard this question before you know I looked at the stuff on the inside it looks pretty good but the thing on the outside is kind of old and rusty can we just replace that what's the answer well I appreciate you having me on I'm really chuckling inside my head so that's we get this this is a pretty commonly asked question and the answer to that is podcast we took advice with us in doing that we just provided this service to the customer that that's you know there's certain cases where end new system that was just installed and something happened to the outdoor unit and it was you know somebody ran into it with a vehicle or hit it with a lawnmower used to be changed because the system's brand new then then I would say yes if it's a system with some age on it and when I mean age could be as little as four or five years old you know again we've talked about another podcast about the cost of ownership so these are great times to invest in a system that will save you money overall length period of time not invest in the system just to go with the cheapest price to get it up and running you're not doing yourself any favors with your home and your cost to own your home yeah and you know Bruce of course you would know more than I do you know cause I'm a radio guy and you're the guy out there you know putting in these air conditioning and heating systems but I would imagine you don't really wanna mix and match parts right so if there's a system that's eight years old and the outdoor unit is going to be replaced only how do you know what to put there that's a good question so how do you know what to put there number one whatever whoever you're using as a contractor doing this work should have that answer for you and the answer should be provided in that so let's show the cost of what a typical operating cost would be for the system you have and let's fill possibly what it could become you know throwing parts in old systems just to get them up and running is not something we do at our company and I hope other contractors would agree with me you know we're just we're just not providing the best service to the customer by doing such a thing as well yeah we've all seen the car truck on the road where you're like what have they done to that car that is that is not original equipment but when it comes to your air conditioning system it's even more important because it is science and in case everyone doesn't understand how a cooling system works it doesn't blow cold air it might seem like it does it removes the heat from the air and so it's not as simple as a heating system there's a lot of science there and if everything has to be just perfect so if it's not sized right and if the coils aren't clean and if it's not cycling properly it's not going to work well so you might think it blows cold air it feels like that and it does but it's really way more science than you think it's and actually pulling heat out of the air and that's not simple there's a bruise that's righ