
Serving Markleville, IN and surrounding areas
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In business since 2011
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"A week ago I had my furnace inspected by Mr. Qwik as part of their Shake program, which was sold to me as a cheap tune up for major systems in the house. It turned out that the tune up was really just an inspection in which they could tell me if my furnace needed replaced.
It turned out the furnace did in fact need to be replaced as the heat exchanger had cracked. Mr. Qwik quickly gave me a quote for a new furnace and a 10 year parts and labor warranty for $3600. This was with financing through Trane. There were also some more expensive options all the way up to a nearly $15,000 system with Heat and AC. None the less the 3600 was for the furnace only, 80% efficient. Not a bad deal but I thought I'd get a second opinion as I did not fully understand the problem at this point and wanted to see if I could get away with just cleaning the A-coil and replacing the overheat sensor.
I called around and the next person that came over to the house was Roy. Roy took his time, explained the issues I had but unfortunately still recommended a new furnace. The cracked heat exchanger meant it really was time to replace it, that and the furnace was 24 years old so some other parts seemed like they were likely to fail in the near future. Roy took the time to explain to me the different options I had. Replacing just the furnace with him would be $2400 with a Ducane unit, cash payment, or $2600 for a Trane, financed, this was with the 10 year parts and labor. Already much more favorable than Mr. Qwik, whose cheapest price was $3k with a 1 year labor warranty, 10 year parts.
After talking a bit, he explained that the A-coil could also use replacement as it is also very old, but an A-coil cost $600, Because of this we agreed to replace the whole system, Condenser, A-coil, and furnace for $4000 cash. later we agreed a condensation pump to help move water away from the a-coil, and help with the humidifier might be needed for an additonal $125. Roy also agreed to make our old whole house humidifier work for us at no additional charge. He seemed very concerned about making sure everything was perfect, the old AC condenser wiring was not so great and he cleaned that up, the old furnace did not have an emergency shut off switch and he added one to get it to follow modern code.
The furnace has been in and working for about 3 days now and the install really seems top notch, No one likes spending money on things like this, but at least it's one less thing that we have to worry about for awhile.
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