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Dr. Eldarion posted:Thanks, will find someone for this! Bet a lot of your patients are glad to hear those words.
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take me you ANIMAL posted:Bet a lot of your patients are glad to hear those words. We finally discover the depths Dr. E had to plumb to find the freshest deals.
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oh the things I have seen
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Dr. Eldarion posted:oh the things I have seen Two hands, one ring, and a portal to all the deals.
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Is replacing the compressor on a mitsubishi minisplit system as much of a PITA as it sounds? Our outdoor unit isn't working. I had two "Mitsubishi Diamond" people come out. One thought it was the board, one thought it was the compressor. The guy that thought it was the compressor said they wouldn't replace it because it's such a PITA. A guy came out to swap out the board under warranty. Turns out it's probably the compressor, and that they also don't want to replace the compressor. Both recommended essentially scrapping the outdoor units.
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Residency Evil posted:Is replacing the compressor on a mitsubishi minisplit system as much of a PITA as it sounds? Our outdoor unit isn't working. I had two "Mitsubishi Diamond" people come out. One thought it was the board, one thought it was the compressor. The guy that thought it was the compressor said they wouldn't replace it because it's such a PITA. A guy came out to swap out the board under warranty. Turns out it's probably the compressor, and that they also don't want to replace the compressor. I don't see why any professional billing for a job would replace a compressor in a residential unit, mini split or not. Parts and labor are going to exceed replacement costs, system needs to be evacuated and vaced either way, new unit comes with everything brand new - including a dryer and refrigerant - and a warranty therefore the service company isn't on the hook for a labor warranty on the compressor they replaced......
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Motronic posted:I don't see why any professional billing for a job would replace a compressor in a residential unit, mini split or not. Parts and labor are going to exceed replacement costs, system needs to be evacuated and vaced either way, new unit comes with everything brand new - including a dryer and refrigerant - and a warranty therefore the service company isn't on the hook for a labor warranty on the compressor they replaced...... Ah, so we’re in the situation where Mitsubishi is trying to cover a relatively cheap part (leaving me responsible for insane labor) instead of replacing the entire unit. Cool. Cool. Guess I’ll call them next week and say two of their diamond dealers both said the same thing.
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Why isn't the compressor under warranty if the board is? This sounds like a fight between them and mitsubishi.
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H110Hawk posted:Why isn't the compressor under warranty if the board is? This sounds like a fight between them and mitsubishi. It is. Parts only. Compressors aren't all that expensive, but recovering the entire system of refrigerant, taking it apart, desoldering the old compressor, resoldering while nitrogen purging the entire system, adding in an old work dryer, vacing it, replacing the refrigerant, topping up the refrigerant (because you'll never get it ALL out fo the recovery cylinder) and reassembling the unit/remounting is the expensive part.
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H110Hawk posted:Why isn't the compressor under warranty if the board is? This sounds like a fight between them and mitsubishi. The compressor is under warranty. When I called a few weeks ago (before the board came in for replacement), Mitsubishi said they wanted the servicer to replace the compressor. I just can’t find anyone to want to do it because they won’t be able to warranty the work. Edit: what he said
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Arsenic Lupin posted:That was very helpful, thanks. Is a license a good enough guarantee that they know what they're doing? I live in a small area, and there's likely to be only one structural engineer in town, if that. A license just means they were smart and capable enough to pass the test and another PE was a mentor (letter of recommendation). You should be able to find out if they're bonded and insured like any contractor for work they perform.
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Struensee posted:At least there's not much left that can break anymore. WELL, WELL, WELL, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
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Looks like a new thread title in the making, boss
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Water is the enemy.
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MarcusSA posted:Water is the enemy. I still remember this thread title and probably repeat it on my head a couple times a month
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MarcusSA posted:Water is the enemy. Welcome to my (watery) nightmare.
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Residency Evil posted:The compressor is under warranty. When I called a few weeks ago (before the board came in for replacement), Mitsubishi said they wanted the servicer to replace the compressor. I just can’t find anyone to want to do it because they won’t be able to warranty the work. The whole team came out and the compressor killed a (new) board, so it's definitely the compressor AND board now. So they're going to try to go to Mitsubishi and request a new unit. The other place finally got back to me with a "gently caress you" price of $7.5k to replace the compressor. So they're going to try to ask Mitsubishi to replace the unit. Welp.
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We were gonna each get a mini split for our home offices (both have a Western exposure, and my wife's office has a SW exposure) but you're talking me out of getting a Mitsubishi unit 
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Hadlock posted:We were gonna each get a mini split for our home offices (both have a Western exposure, and my wife's office has a SW exposure) but you're talking me out of getting a Mitsubishi unit https://www.ecomfort.com/Fujitsu-12LPAS1/p117620.html I love my Fujitsu 1 ton minisplit. This is a newer one, and they seem to have gone to 12k btu on the 120v models now. Before you could only get 9k btu cooling on 120v. (The one I linked is a 240V, the SEER2 jumps dramatically over the 120V version if the website is to be believed.)
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Hadlock posted:We were gonna each get a mini split for our home offices (both have a Western exposure, and my wife's office has a SW exposure) but you're talking me out of getting a Mitsubishi unit I can tell you my Fujitsu system has been nothing but a pain in the rear end, so pick your poison
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I have elevated the dehumidifier and tapped it into an old now-unused heater fuel pipe which, after some... modifications... effectively delivers the dehumidified water to a safe place outside. No more manually changing the tank! I've also removed my toilet from the bathroom. Stupid toilet. I was gonna put in new one but I noticed the flange seems to mostly be a pile of red rust bits, so now I plan on changing the flange beforehand. Next week I get to finally look in my main attic, fight some wasps, and uproot several dozen square feet of poison ivy. I'm thoroughly enjoying having a house so far. What do I actually do with things like heating units and toilets I want to get rid of? I have no idea how to dispose of these things.
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GlyphGryph posted:What do I actually do with things like heating units and toilets I want to get rid of? I have no idea how to dispose of these things. I don't know if this is the right way of doing it, but I've seen it suggested that for toilets you just smash it outside and put all the pieces in with the regular trash.
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Your municipal waste department or contractor should be able to tell you exactly what to do. Here, clean and dry toilets can be separated into two pieces and left at the curb. Extremely heavy one pieces would have to be taken to the dump by you. Heater would require more details but generally if no chemicals (refrigerants are a problem) and under 50 lbs they take it. Actually someone will probably take it for scrap before the trash pickup.
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Speaking of refrigerants: I have a very, very old fridge in the basement that the prior owner left. It won't fit up the stairs due to some sort of modification years ago (prior owner lived here 50 years). My dad wants to come in and just chop it up with power tools. Any reason to not do this? It's a single standing fridge, no freezer compartment. The power company won't take it, various appliance delivery and junk removal people refuse to take it out as well.
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Dr. Eldarion posted:I don't know if this is the right way of doing it, but I've seen it suggested that for toilets you just smash it outside and put all the pieces in with the regular trash. This is what I did a few years ago. Sledge hammer in the driveway with a tarp to catch the shards, piled the chunks in a couple 5 gallon buckets and just dumped a bit in the garbage every time I took a bag out until the buckets were empty. Wear gloves, pants, and closed toe shoes. The little shards of ceramic are sharp as all gently caress and if one works its way into a seam in your clothing (say, the top of a sock) you can find yourself bleeding pretty well before you know what's going on. edit: and safety glasses.
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trevorreznik posted:Speaking of refrigerants: I have a very, very old fridge in the basement that the prior owner left. It won't fit up the stairs due to some sort of modification years ago (prior owner lived here 50 years). If it is possible to remove the compressor and all the refrigerant lines from this fridge (INTACT) then I don't see any reason why not. If you can't, then there's probably a good chance of releasing all of the refrigerant into the atmosphere/your enclosed basement which is illegal and likely hazardous to you.
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I threw away a patio one time, figured concrete chunks are way better than most poo poo that goes into a landfill. It's just loving sand and gravel, right? Garbageman pounded on my door, pissed as hell. I guess he had a shredder on his truck? That I had just broken to gently caress (or maybe just dulled the hell out of, wasn't clear), by hiding several hundred pounds of concrete in my trash bin. So maybe check with your garbage guy first before putting chunks of a fridge in there? Those shredders have to be designed for *some* metal, apparently just not for 2 foot boulders. My city has one day a year where you put out all the random large crap like broken electronics and sofas. And scavengers get most of it before the trash comes.
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We get 3 "large item pickups" a year (but really unlimited as long as you aren't abusing it). Just call the city and 5 minutes later you're scheduled as it's always the day after your trash day. Put the item on the street by 6am and a city worker in a flatbed truck comes by and it disappears. Just has to be lift able by 1 person. Give them a call before you try to hide it or whatever. Unless it's a private company then gently caress em.
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Our garbage company is great, they will pick up almost anything outside of a small list of hazardous materials provided you give them advance notice. They've collected a few rooms worth of demo, large appliances, and large pieces of furniture over the years with no added fees.
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Enos Cabell posted:Our garbage company is great, they will pick up almost anything outside of a small list of hazardous materials provided you give them advance notice. They've collected a few rooms worth of demo, large appliances, and large pieces of furniture over the years with no added fees. That's awesome. Ours is very reasonably priced via the city ($120/quarter including sewer and street sweeping), but if you want to get rid of construction debris beyond one bag a week in the regular trash your supposed to get a rented dumpster. But a regular dumpster a pickup truck can deliver is under $100/load so it's not bad. A full rolloff is only like $400 or so? There's a tonnage fee but only if you go over some allotment.
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With our (municipal) trash service we also get a number of passes to the "dump" where you can haul all your construction debris.
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WM loving sucks. One big pickup per year (appliances must be CA-discard signed, meaning pre-drained for refrigerants, etc), one bin only for regular pickups, and paying roughly $90 per month for the privilege. If they knock over your bin with the lift-arm, they will just leave the garbage to fly all over the neighborhood.
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GlyphGryph posted:What do I actually do with things like heating units and toilets I want to get rid of? I have no idea how to dispose of these things. Based on the archeology of my back yard, you just dump old toilets at your least visible property line and wait for nature to take its course.
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Just do what everyone in LA does and dump it on the sidewalk somewhere
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Sundae posted:WM loving sucks. One big pickup per year (appliances must be CA-discard signed, meaning pre-drained for refrigerants, etc), one bin only for regular pickups, and paying roughly $90 per month for the privilege. If they knock over your bin with the lift-arm, they will just leave the garbage to fly all over the neighborhood. And this is why I would have 0 problem throwing away literally anything in a private refuse company bin. You should see the teeth gnashing on facedoor when the city does their annual inflation price hike of... $4/year. For Trash, recycling, green (plus compost!), sewer, and street sweeping.
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Our township has bulk garbage you can pay for, and I think it was like $40 for a pickup-bed-sized load. That's what we did wen we had a few mattresses and bed frames to get rid of and didn't want to donate (had some funky mold like stain on some of em). When I took down a large rotten shed we have I used those WM Bagsters which would have been great if I could have kept to it 1 but I imagine I ultimately didn't save much money. It was nice being able to pick it up at homedepot and just plop it in the yard though.
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My city is pretty good about waste except if it's masonry waste. You can't throw it away on the curb and you can't take it to the local transfer station. Your only method of disposal is driving it all the way to the dump at the edge of the city, and paying $100 per 2 tons, with that also being the minimum. So even though I had less than a pickup bed of concrete and mortar to toss after busting up an old well house. I had to spend $100 to legally get rid of it. It explains why I see piles of concrete and dirt in every vacant lot though, which is realistically what happens when they make it so hard and expensive to dispose of things.
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SpartanIvy posted:My city is pretty good about waste except if it's masonry waste. You can't throw it away on the curb and you can't take it to the local transfer station. Wierd that they wouldn't rent you a lowboy. That's basically why that form factor exists. Then it's all hydraulics doing the bulk hauling, you just have to get it IN the drat thing.
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My township has weekly large item pickup. It's effectively unlimited for condo dwellers. For single family homes it's a total of 5 items per week, any combination of trash cans, bags, or large items. I don't know about a limitation in masonry, but no "contractor generated" stuff, diy only. Not sure how they determine that. I guess if you have a building permit? The guy putting poo poo on the curb isn't getting a permit either. We also have appliance pickup by appointment, monthly e-waste drop off at the town hall, and weekly paint drop off. I'm in a disposal utopia.
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