TomTank8
New Member
A month ago, the compressor in our heat pump (~15 years old) died. We had the option of replacing the entire system or just the compressor. We decided for budgetary reasons to have the compressor replaced. Well, wouldn't you know, the evaporator coil now needs replacement. I have had three different HVAC specialists tell us three different opinions and would like to hear from experts on here as to what we should do next.
Here are the opinions:
Here are the opinions:
- Replace just the evaporater coil. This would essentially give us a "new" system because two of the major components would be new. The warranty is only for 1 year on the coil.
- Replace the entire Air Handler: this option is to replace everything inside and have a mismatch with the air-handler and outside unit. The air handler would have a 10 year warranty and would cost a little more than just replacing the coil.
- Replace the entire heat pump: this would mean we would be out of the money we spent on replacing the compressor. It would give us a 10 year warranty on the entire system. Not sure if we have the money to do this but might be able to pull it off. I just dont like the fact that we will lose out on the money that we just spent a month ago.