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Before the rant, big happy birthday wishes to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
book_of_daniel! Enjoy your 29th again! :)
So after having trouble with the leaking A/C unit the other night, I called for a guy to come in and check out the unit. He was referred to me by a coworker who says he did good work for her.
Well, he just left. Here's the possibilities with my 33 year old A/C unit.
With the age of my current system, the $800 patch job will likely only be a temporary fix if something new breaks. The new unit will cost a hell of a lot more, but comes with a 10-year warranty and will cut my electric bill down. And I likely will have to get a new unit if the old system breaks some other way.
So I'm strongly leaning toward the new system. While I'm not terribly happy, this isn't going to crush me. I save quite a bit. My sibs all drive expensive vehicles and buy unneeded things for their kids, I try to be practical. The reason I put money in my savings is so when these sorts of crushing costs hit, I'm not devastated. Wow... I'm boring.
When did I get so old?
book_of_daniel! Enjoy your 29th again! :)So after having trouble with the leaking A/C unit the other night, I called for a guy to come in and check out the unit. He was referred to me by a coworker who says he did good work for her.
Well, he just left. Here's the possibilities with my 33 year old A/C unit.
- Replace the evaporator coil for $800.
- Get a whole new unit for $4,700.
With the age of my current system, the $800 patch job will likely only be a temporary fix if something new breaks. The new unit will cost a hell of a lot more, but comes with a 10-year warranty and will cut my electric bill down. And I likely will have to get a new unit if the old system breaks some other way.
So I'm strongly leaning toward the new system. While I'm not terribly happy, this isn't going to crush me. I save quite a bit. My sibs all drive expensive vehicles and buy unneeded things for their kids, I try to be practical. The reason I put money in my savings is so when these sorts of crushing costs hit, I'm not devastated. Wow... I'm boring.
When did I get so old?
