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Quote to fix aircon - reasonable?

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  • Clive_Woody
    Clive_Woody Posts: 5,937 Forumite
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    Netwizard wrote: »
    Forget going to all these fast fit places, it wont end well. Find yourself an aircon specialist (round by me, there is a guy who works out the back of his van, what he doesn't know about aircon systems isn't worth knowing and hes fantastic) regas cost me less than £50 and the condenser not much more than that. He even fixed a piece of holed pipework for me for no charge. Well worth finding a decent independent specialist and getting the job done right first time :)

    Nailed it. What he said :T
    "We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
  • Robisere
    Robisere Posts: 3,237 Forumite
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    Best advice here is from bigjl.

    Obviously knows what he is talking about, saved me a long post with the same information!
    I think this job really needs
    a much bigger hammer.
  • fred7777
    fred7777 Posts: 677 Forumite
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    i do not recommend DIYing an aircon. Very harmful gasses involved. both to you and the environment - leave it to the experts.

    Good point.

    When I changed the condenser it was obviously empty and I didn't get involved with the gases they were refilled at a garage.
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