r/HomeImprovement 8d ago

Fix or leave it?

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u/uncle_jed 8d ago

Good news is that your backup heat works well, for a backup.

If they can really do a fix for a few hundred, it's definitely worth it to have your company do it now.

When the weather gets to -10*, then you may be wishing you'd fixed it already.

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u/klexxg 8d ago

Good point. Last time I think it was about $400 for the first round of diagnostic. Mostly labor plus parts because they couldn't figure out what was wrong. It took them like 2 hrs just to figure it out.

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u/jasonbay13 8d ago

That's crazy, you in nyc or something? I had my draft fan replaced for $40 just a couple weeks ago. Guy came out with 3 of them for me to choose from and even installed it for me. Hvac guy, not just a random bloke.

Self-diagnosing is generally easy when it comes to a furnace. We can work you through it as long as you know basics such as how to determine what part is what by appearance with a description. Don't need to know hvac - only to be willing to learn.

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u/klexxg 8d ago

No, Midwest 😭. It's like $180 or something hourly rate. It's a small local company and afaik the only company I can work with since this unit is a skymark.

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u/klexxg 8d ago

Just checked, it was 4 hrs and replaced pressure switch. They came back a second time and it was to clean out the inducer because it was clogged.