Trane air conditioning?

Question

Replacing a 19-year old central air conditioning unit . The quote from Home Depot was $20K for 3 Ton SEER 16 Trane unit (all work and warranties). This seems outrageously high, but they would not leave paperwork behind to justify this cost.

- Can you help. Rough idea of equipment costs and labor.

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I see equivalent Goodman units online for less than $2K. I know this is an inferior equipment and it uses Freon, but I don't have a good idea how to adjust for better equipment. The high end manufacturers do not put their prices on-line.

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It is in Las Vegas and a 2000 sq. foot house with high ceilings. But this estimate was for one of two units.

Answer 1

Is this a split system, or a package unit?  Either way, 20k is high.  Assuming it's a package unit, with electric heat, a package unit shouldn't cost more than 2 or 3 k, as long as there's no special install circumstances.  If ducting also needs replaced, it'll up the cost by anywhere from 1k for a couple of adapters to 10k+ if the whole house needs redone.  I'm kinda shootin' from the hip here, but 20k does sound awful high for a 3 ton system.

Good luck

20+ yrs hvac tech (central Ohio)

Answer 2

I agree with the ac tech.20k seems way high. Price a few more. Most all ac equipment will last a long time and probably get 10 year warranty. Don't worry much about the freon issue. It will be available for a long time. Might go up in price a little in it need to be added. It will only need to be added in a leak problem. It is not just "used". Freon is a brand name. It is called refrigerant. New units will  be allready upgraded to newer refrigerants that are readily available.

Answer 3

This price is way out of line go to my web site and i have prices for systems installed and none of them come near 20k.

you have a two zone systems and at 2000sq ft home you need a total of around 4 tons both systems should be the same size if house is split in half.