Re: Hot Water from Superheat of GWHP

GeoeMan1 wrote:

> > What is wrong with everyone here. The HVAC company installed the unit, and
> > the ductwork, and hooked it to the electrical. But they said they don't do
> > the plumbing, and every plumber I called refused to do the work.  If you
> > don't believe me give Glenn Mann HVAC of Knoxville a call and ask for
> > yourself.  That seems to be the policy around here, I called every HVAC
> > company in the yellow pages and none would hook it up, many said they do not
> > have any experience on GW units, and the rest said that a plumber suppose to
> > hook that part up..
> >
> > As for plumbers, I could not find one that even knew what a ground water heat
> > pump was, and I called 15 or 20 of them.
>
> Did I miss something here? Did you purchase an installed system from a heating 
> contractor
> or did you buy the Geo's and then find a heating contractor to install them?
>

Went to Trane and had them recommend a dealer/installer. We contacted that dealer who 
then
later switched us over to Carrier. That dealer installer installed the units.

>
> If you bought the Geos from a heating contractor who did not know how to install 
> them then
> you have a legal obligation to sue the contractor and prevent them from screwing 
> around
> ripping off people and endangering others.
>

Perhaps it is different in Tennessee that where you are.  They said they don't do the
plumbing, they are not licensed to do plumbing. A licenced plumber has to do the 
plumbing, and
I could find none that could or would do it. Had the original one out there and the 
HVAC
people met him to tell him how to do it, and he walked out saying he just could not 
understand
it.

If you don't believe me, feel free to give them a call. Mann Heating And Air. 
865-966-5070.

>
> If, however, you bought the Geo's and then looked for a heating contractor, then 
> Noon Air
> and Paul are correct about their thinking that you are cheap or a liar.

That is not what happened. I don't think it is possible to even purchase an HVAC unit 
unless
you are a dealer.

>
>
> I was going to answer your questions until I read between the lines. BTW, good luck 
> with
> your Climate Masters, those are just the beginning of future problems, and if you 
> bought
> them from a distributor instead of a heating contractor then I hope the distributor 
> has
> evening hours, especially if they are two stage units!
>
> >

They are actually Carrier units, but Carrier said they are made by Climate Masters.  We
originally wanted Trane, but although the equipment was ordered in December of last 
year, come
April, they still could not deliver, so Mann Heating and Air asked if they could 
substitute
the Carrier equipment instead, and as we were told it would be at least another month, 
we said
ok.

Marshall