I’m guessing that “not having a filter” thing may be the source of your problems.
… I’m sure it hasn’t been helping. But the evaporator was just throwing out so much water even back in 2006 (when the last of the fibrous makeshift “filters” was still in place) that it rotted out a lot of the wood in the A/C closet. That on top of ruining the furnace.
At this point, it will just be better to rip it all out and get a new evaporator and furnace. Thankfully, A/C closet repair, sheet rock work, etc. is included in the installation.
Possibly.
If you could take some digital photos and email them to me, I could give you a better answer.
one other thing…
There are rules of thumb in this like any other industry.
Here in SW Ohio, our heating rule if thumb is 35-40 Btus per square foot. At 2100 sf, that house would likely get a furnace around 70-85K Btus.
For A/C, around 1 ton of cooling for every 700 sf----so around here that would be a 3 ton unit, give or take.
I would imagine that LA would need a little less heat, and a little more cooling than that.
I’ll do that. Thanks!
Quite possibly.
Freezing may be due to a Freon leak.
Or, due to a dirty evaporator because of no filter.
… the previous homeowner had the A/C guy out at her house quite a lot. This was probably one of the things she had taken care of routinely.
The previous homeowner didn’t reveal this to us, of course (I found out when the A/C guy called our house a few times asking if we wanted to keep up with the same maintenance schedule). And maybe I was dumb to think a “good” A/C should run for many years without even a peek “under the hood”, and to feel that anything less should’ve been revealed upon sale of the home. Then again, maybe she was doing the right thing in having so much maintenance done all the time – the guy that did the 2007 condenser repairs took a look at the evaporator and declared that it was an “old paw-paw” that needed a lot of TLC.
This refers to the condenser’s specs, correct? Can’t quote the condensor “tonnage” off-hand, but the overall A/C system, despite the evaporator issues, does cool the house well when it’s not icing up.
I need to know I was quoted by 2 different people between goodman heat /air 13 seer
6800 (with some kind of humidifier thing with it)
also frasier johnson york do not know the seer amount for 4500
What would anyone have to say about THIS I really like the first guys who came not the price I did not like the 2nd guy who came but I liked the price
How AM I to know which brand is alright and which one to go with
THANK YOU I need to make a decision with days I live in MICHIGAN and need this to happen very soon the other one is DEAD. thanks oh home is about 1600 sq ft… or less loft bedroom open to the main room so very high ceiling there
over under, you’ve already started another thread about this. Please don’t cross-post on the boards. Otherwise, welcome.
I’m closing this one.