Air conditioners can be a large investment in todays world. We should have all the information before making such a large commitment and we are here to help with all those questions you may have. 

Bigger isn’t always better – We often meet with customers and get the question “Can we go up a size or two?”. Air conditioning is a balancing act. We want the unit to run long enough to dehumidify but we also want to keep it cool in the space. No one likes being in an incredibly humid space, even if it is cool! This makes sizing very important. We always recommend having a heat loss analysis done on the home whenever sizing equipment. In fact, we perform one when we are meeting our customers on our free estimates! This allows us to find the correct size of equipment to keep the humidity down but also keep you cool! We also have to worry about airflow. A unit without a properly tuned blower will not operate at its maximum efficiency or possibly not work at all! We have found some units with undersized blowers that cannot support larger air conditioners. One of our most common complaints is that a second floor doesn’t cool well. We have found about 98% f these complaints are caused by improper duct balancing, not getting the air to where you need it! These are some of the many things we check on one of our in-home estimates. 

Efficiency – More efficiency doesnt always equate to savings. The government has given us a way to measure efficiency called SEER or Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating. Recently we have updated to SEER2. In Michigan, we are required to install a minimum of 13 SEER equipment. On average, you save about $12/year per SEER point. The more efficient the equipment, the more secondary controls and computerization of the unit is necessary to meet higher energy standards. While savings are nice, the increased amount of parts actually could equate to higher costs of install and higher costs of service in the future. We have done math consisting of install costs, operational costs, and service costs over the life of the unit. We call this Cost of Ownership. We have found certain units actually have a lower cost of ownership even though they are a lower efficiency! Everyones house is different and the best way to find your lowest cost of ownership is by having one of our technicians out to do an estimate/analysis. 

Cost – We try our best to provide the most affordable options while installing reliable equipment. With our combined experience we have found that most manufactures equipment have about a 10% failure rate within the applicable warranty period. Based on our statistics, we have had a 1-2% warranty callback rate since we started installing Rheem equipment! As a company, we also do our best to find every way we can to keep our overhead down, which is passed along to our customers via our install rates while still maintaining our high standards of install. We also offer great options for financing, often times the energy savings alone outweigh the payments!

We are always here to help you through this process. We welcome any phone calls with questions about your system and how it works, and how it could be better. Give us a call! 248-891-2153