Someone just quoted me $3000 to install, im presuming this is incorrect...am i wrong?!
1669226
Yes, that's very incorrect. It's not just expensive, it's exorbitant. I'm having one installed in a few days and they quoted $760, which I thought was very high.
1669227
Wow! I'm pricing out whole central a/c and heating unit installations and one of my bidders charges $495 for this option installed (and that's in high-priced DC area).
1669228
This unit costs less than $300. A good rule of thumb would be to never pay more for the installation than the cost of the unit. Ask the bidding contractor how many people it takes to install it (one should be the answer) and how many hours it takes to install it (less than 4 should be the answer) and then figure $65-100 to show up on the jobsite and another $45/hr for the employee to perform the task. That still amounts to about the same price in labor as the unit itself, so anything south of $600 would (or should) be competitive. Anything north of that and I'd take the time to hit their facebook page (or Angie's List) with their ridiculous quote. Do other consumers a favor and let people know. This unit costs less than $300. A good rule of thumb would be to never pay more for the installation than the cost of the unit. Ask the bidding contractor how many people it takes to install it (one should be the answer) and how many hours it takes to install it (less than 4 should be the answer) and then figure $65-100 to show up on the jobsite and another $45/hr for the employee to perform the task. That still amounts to about the same price in labor as the unit itself, so anything south of $600 would (or should) be competitive. Anything north of that and I'd take the time to hit their... » Read More This unit costs less than $300. A good rule of thumb would be to never pay more for the installation than the cost of the unit. Ask the bidding contractor how many people it takes to install it (one should be the answer) and how many hours it takes to install it (less than 4 should be the answer) and then figure $65-100 to show up on the jobsite and another $45/hr for the employee to perform the task. That still amounts to about the same price in labor as the unit itself, so anything south of $600 would (or should) be competitive. Anything north of that and I'd take the time to hit their facebook page (or Angie's List) with their ridiculous quote. Do other consumers a favor and let people know. « Show Less
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My husband has been in the building trades for over 30 years and says that you are totally being scammed with a price like that, especially if there's an existing cold water supply line for an old humidifier all ready in place. He also agrees with the advice to hit the FB page or Angie's list and let everyone know about these frauds!
1669230
that is insane. I am an ac contractor and I can say for sure, Call someone else.
79748
I am still in the process of getting it installed. Ask again in about a month if you are still interested.
1744501
Unknown. I had mine professionally installed since I am clueless about technical set-up issues.
746240
I am not sure what your question is. I followed the directions and installed it myself.
351524
I did not check but did not have any problems with the install. Did he say what the diffrence was.
2238278
It is possible the people who purchase this was not able install it, may have trouble install it, maybe some comedic look is defective or it not what they thought. So we may not really know why it was return for what ever their reason is. The seller could resell it with a discount instead of a full price. For me you are saving a few bucks which a good way to go. I would think you should be ok and the warranty should be still being applied. It would be best to talk to the seller to ask them what is wrong with it and the warranty still apply.
1954987
I had mine installed by Best Buy. I believe they had to program it. If you watch their specials you can get the system and installation for $149.
1052699
Did you already find info ?? If not I searched on google..main thing you need installers code..Their are a few generics. .hope no one changed...I lucked out..
474152
You will be far better off doing a fresh install rather than an upgrade. Definitely worth the price difference.
629318
You will need additional hardware, its a p.o.s. I would look for a different system.
987690
I had to have my monitoring comapny install as they there is set security code add devices. They would not tell me it. their way of getting more money out of you.
2240321
I am sorry, but my contractor unpacked it and installed it. I do know that the Amazon price was much less than factory direct and I received it in 3 days with Amazon Prime. Fa
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My best advise is take it to an installer sspecialist. I dont know what else you need since I gave mine to someone else.
1411938
All depends how handy are you, I did it myself and it only took about 5 minutes. Just make sure you have the installer code for your system...
951325
Yes, kinda hard to install. shop dealers for install, after checking 3 dealers found who did install for 115, was quoted as high as 275.
1825208
Yes, it does. We thought about installing ourselves. We feel pretty competent to do so. But not worth the potential to not be covered should something happen even not related to installation. I know some do the installation themselves, as you may have read, but didn't want to take a chance on not being covered for a system breakdown that could be fairly expensive.
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I have ordered this item but have not had time to do the install yet. I will be following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv2Uq2oiFBAHope this helps! - Tony