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Re:These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump by mauvehaus on Friday February 09, 2024 @03:54PM (#39320419)
In general with contractors, you aren't paying for them to do the simple stuff right. You're paying them to get the one or two weird bits of the job done quickly and efficiently because they've seen something like it before and have the tools and parts on their truck.
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Re:These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump by bluGill on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:04PM (#39320531)
That is why I didn't try to DIY. Sure I'm confident I could get it installed. However I'm sure that I would discover after the old furnace was tore out that I'm missing some part/tool and so off to the store - what would take a pro a single day would take me 3 weekends at best: time that I don't have HVAC.
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Re:These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump by aqfamnzc on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:10PM (#39320598)
That's what I was asking about. How likely I am to succeed at a DIY job seems to depend on the number of the "weird bits" as you describe them.
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