If your home is old and in need of a new A/C and Heater, would you get a new one
By Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
United States
May 31, 2011 10:01pm CST
If your home is old and in need of a new A/C and Heater, Would you spend average $8,500 to $12,000+ for a new set??
Our house is old, so the A/C and Heater is broken.. however the cost of an A/C and Heater is so expensive. I don't think we need it.. you can always buy a fan or portable A/C to put in your window when it's hot and when it's cold, a portable heater. It's not like every month you need to turn it out so probably 1 month of the year you'll use A/C and 1 month of the year you'll use a heater.. it'd obviously cost more for that month but a new system would sit and do nothing??
What do you think?
I told my parents its not quite necessary since we live in California and the weather isn't even bad at all.
Have you ever got a new a/c or heater?
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4 responses
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
24 May 12
That certainly sounds like California pricing. Like you said for your area if it's only intolerable hot a month out of the year you are better off with a window a/c unit. And for the "cold" just a small ceramic heater should do just fine.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
5 Sep 11
Hi, infatuatedbby. I can understand your family upgrading their home and paying this much for their air/heat unit. But, to just buy an air conditioner and a portable heater is just too much! If you feel that you may use these items not as much, then I can understand why spending more for these items, is just a waste of money.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
10 Jun 11
"I told my parents its not quite necessary since we live in California and the weather isn't even bad at all."
It's not? Maybe it's not where you're at, but here in the Northern part it can get pretty bad! 
LOL
By the way, I've gotten both. However, they were the portable type. Although I do have central heat and air my husband and I don't use it. It'd cost too much to run. Instead we use portable heaters during the winter and air conditions in the summer in a couple of areas in the house, that way it doesn't cost as much. 
Happy mylotting!
LOL
By the way, I've gotten both. However, they were the portable type. Although I do have central heat and air my husband and I don't use it. It'd cost too much to run. Instead we use portable heaters during the winter and air conditions in the summer in a couple of areas in the house, that way it doesn't cost as much.
Happy mylotting!
