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Originally Posted by jlejsek@sbcglobal.net
Total rip off. I have my HVAC company up north on a monthly contract of $20. They do a Spring and Fall clean and check on my AC and furnace and flush my tank for $240 yearly. Get away from that person!
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Now THERE'S a total ripoff. $20/month to LOOK at your systems twice a year and flush a hot water tank every year that never needs flushing? Wow.
In my 70 years, I've owned at least 10 hot water tanks, most of them over 20 years old by the time I sold that house. Never in my life have I flushed a hot water tank or had one fail on me.
Here's a clue for how to save yourself the cost of three TV streaming services a year: Watch what he does, and then do it yourself next time.
The only useful thing you will see him do is blow the dust off your heating coils and check for debris in your A/C compressor outside. The most useless thing will be the H/W tank flush. The most damaging will be the A/C coolant check, which loses a little coolant every time they do it, thereby guaranteeing them a chance to sell you some $50/oz coolant every few years.