I've spent the last 2 days successfully installing central air conditioning in my home, after 21 years with a swamp cooler. By doing it myself, my only costs were about $1500 in components and needed hardware, plus a few hundred bucks to a friend with an HVAC license to help install it and buy the parts for a lot less than retail. By my calculations, I saved at least $2000 over awarding the job to some AC company. While at it, I installed a digital, computer-controlled thermostat, as well as performing a thorough furnace/blower cleaning. I was willing to live with the swamp cooler for a few more years, if I could have diverted the money toward astronomy, but incredibly, my wife thought that air conditioning was a much better investment. Go figure!
Chuck, Use the savings toward astronomy! Congrats on the A/C and on doing it yourself with your friend to help out. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I've spent the last 2 days successfully installing central air conditioning in my home, after 21 years with a swamp cooler. By doing it myself, my only costs were about $1500 in components and needed hardware, plus a few hundred bucks to a friend with an HVAC license to help install it and buy the parts for a lot less than retail. By my calculations, I saved at least $2000 over awarding the job to some AC company. While at it, I installed a digital, computer-controlled thermostat, as well as performing a thorough furnace/blower cleaning.
I was willing to live with the swamp cooler for a few more years, if I could have diverted the money toward astronomy, but incredibly, my wife thought that air conditioning was a much better investment.
Go figure!
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I may get a piece of it for astronomy, but I think the bulk is going toward our Vegas getaway next month. I just got a CGEM anyway, it's been Christmas in May around here. *big grin* On 5/18/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Chuck,
Use the savings toward astronomy! Congrats on the A/C and on doing it yourself with your friend to help out.
If anyone could do it, Chuck could. I've seen him at work! --- On Tue, 5/18/10, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Central Air Conditioning To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 10:32 PM I've spent the last 2 days successfully installing central air conditioning in my home, after 21 years with a swamp cooler. By doing it myself, my only costs were about $1500 in components and needed hardware, plus a few hundred bucks to a friend with an HVAC license to help install it and buy the parts for a lot less than retail. By my calculations, I saved at least $2000 over awarding the job to some AC company. While at it, I installed a digital, computer-controlled thermostat, as well as performing a thorough furnace/blower cleaning. I was willing to live with the swamp cooler for a few more years, if I could have diverted the money toward astronomy, but incredibly, my wife thought that air conditioning was a much better investment. Go figure! _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
I hope it gets you out of doing dishes for a while and who knows, maybe, your daughter will start calling you dad rather than dude.
I do hope you checked with the local husbands union it may be a violation by increasing the expectations of husbands by their wives. Thanks Joe, but it was more grunt work than anything. And I do excell
at grunt work!
On 5/19/10, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
If anyone could do it, Chuck could. I've seen him at work!
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