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Given that everything house related, furniture, appliances, lumber and major systems like HVAC are increasing in price and in short supply I personally wouldn't wait until next summer.
Wait until next summer and you could be waiting weeks or months for the new unit will you need soon enough.
Given that everything house related, furniture, appliances, lumber and major systems like HVAC are increasing in price and in short supply I personally wouldn't wait until next summer.
Wait until next summer and you could be waiting weeks or months for the new unit will you need soon enough.
That's a good point.
I am planning to start working on it in Feb-Mar.
To answer your question, yes IF it is a small leak, you could probably just fill it without repairing the leak. For a small leak, you might get a season out of it before it needs to be filled again. Neighbor filled his leaking system and got like 10 months out of it the first time, and then refilled again and only got 2 months. Problem is, without identifying or fixing the leak you never really know how long you might get.
Thanks.
That's going to be the best case short term.
Hopefully I will be able to identify the leak, not only to add more refrigerant.
You can visually look for oily spots on tubing , fittings and components , or if one knows how they can inject a dye in the system which leaves a stain ..but the best way is with an electronic leak detector tool.
That's interesting.
If I could detect and fix the leak myself then I need contractor only to add refrigerant. But these tubes are mostly concealed somewhere inside the wall and in the attic. Not so easy to detect the leak.
That's interesting.
If I could detect and fix the leak myself then I need contractor only to add refrigerant. But these tubes are mostly concealed somewhere inside the wall and in the attic. Not so easy to detect the leak.
There could be a reason the leak developed; soon you will be fixing another leak.
Look into a new more efficient equipment first, price it out.
Depending how big is your house you may even consider installing equipment yourself: MR Cool mini-split is designed for DIYer.
Mr Cool s not the most efficient, ( bet it is better than what you have now though) but it seems solidly built and you don’t need any fancy HVAC tools.
You could even do your own Manual J calculations- it is tedious, but not that complicated- that is why the HVAC guys suppose to do it - to size the equipment right, but they don’t do it and just oversize your equipment- and you end up with high bills and uncomfortable home while your oversized A/C cycles on and off too much wearing itself out
Even your current system is oversized most likely.
Given that everything house related, furniture, appliances, lumber and major systems like HVAC are increasing in price and in short supply I personally wouldn't wait until next summer.
Wait until next summer and you could be waiting weeks or months for the new unit will you need soon enough.
Or right now could be the peak supply line issues and next summer will be back to normal.
That's interesting.
If I could detect and fix the leak myself then I need contractor only to add refrigerant. But these tubes are mostly concealed somewhere inside the wall and in the attic. Not so easy to detect the leak.
Not as easy as you think …in order to fix the leak you must depressurize the system or it can blow away your solder or epoxy .
Once you do that you risk air and moisture getting in the system so usually you want to pull a vacuum on the System with a pump ….then after evacuating the system you refill it once the vacuum holds and shows no leaks …
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