Response from Stokley's Services Inc
Wow, just wow. I couldn't disagree with you comments more if I tried. You have problems that need to be addressed and I stand behind everything that my technician told you. We told you what the problems are which is what we are supposed to do. The fact that you chose to ignore them doesn't change the fact that there are problems. Let's take a look at what your problems are and break it down on a per system basis. First, you have 3 systems. The 1st floor unit had no problems. The 2nd floor system was low on refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit is a sealed circuit which means that you should never have to add Freon. The fact that your system was low means that you have a leak so we recommended that you have us look for a leak so we can repair it. You declined to have us search for the leak in order to repair it. We added Freon to get it to work FOR THE TIME BEING but the refrigerant will leak out again, it's just a matter of when will it happen. The a/c system isn't very old but the furnace is 18 years old and we recommended that you consider replacing the furnace soon, not the air conditioner. You asked us for a price to replace the furnace and wanted a price to replace the a/c system at the same time. The 3rd floor has other problems. The air conditioner that you have is 6 years old and has a 13 SEER. The indoor coil is 13 years old designed for use with a 10 SEER air conditioner. The unit should not be cooling at all. The fact that it is working does not mean that it is working properly. The longer that you have that air conditioner connected to that coil the more harm you are doing to the air conditioner. The air conditioner will not last very long before the compressor dies; again, it is just a matter of time. So far you have been lucky: the system should not work at all! The furnace for the 3rd floor is 20 years old and should be replaced. The fact that the a/c and coil is mismatched (slowly killing itself) and the fact that we now have to use a new type of refrigerant we recommended replacing the entire system of the 3rd floor. We did not try to scare you into replacing a unit. We simply gave you the facts and offered our recommendations and then you asked us for the prices to do the work. You may not like the message, but you shouldn't take it out on the messenger.