I called out a second HVAC technician, and after a series of questions and observations, he came to the same conclusion as the first one: I would definitely need a new system.
The air quality in my new Victorian home is less than stellar, and as a result, my family’s allergies have been flaring up over the past week since we’ve moved in. It is clear that many renovations need to be done in order for this house to be worth the cost. Obviously, the climate control system has a lot to do with the air quality, and was afraid I may need to replace it entirely since it was such an old system. The HVAC expert that I called out first told me the exact same thing, which left me broken-hearted. The tech concluded that no amount of a/c repair would revive the unit. He showed me a catalog of the available climate control units that his company sold, but I wasn’t convinced yet. I was not looking forward to buying a modern HVAC system, even though I had no choice. I called out a second HVAC technician, and after a series of questions and observations, he came to the same conclusion as the first one: I would definitely need a new system. I decided I had no choice but to drop the cash on a new heating and cooling unit, so I made sure that I picked the best one for the house. There was something else though. I needed to weatherproof this Victorian home, so that the HVAC unit would be energy efficient! It was just another project I needed to tackle to make sure that warm or cold air would remain in the house instead of seeping through cracks.