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>bought a house a year ago
>one year home warranty included
>decent HVAC performance
>didn't renew the policy
>decided to check the system though
it was cooling but not as much as I wanted
>low refrigerant, small leak in the evaporator (small enough that I'm losing about 1-2 lbs a year, at least that's what I calculated)
>system is charged now and it should be good for at least next summer (now, with close to 100 outside and the thermostat on 72, it runs about 15 minutes every hour)
A new evaporator is like $4000, the warranty is like 500 a year with something like 1000 deductible (I still have to check though to make sure).
When should I restart the warranty to avoid any "pre-planning suspicions"?
According to my calculations, it will take at least a year maybe two to lose enough refrigerant that will allow me to pretend that I just noticed a problem with it.
Will they do any research with local companies to see that I had it recharged recently?
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>>1032986
I'd just pay for it now and have them fix it in a month or two before it gets worse.
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>>1033358
OP here.
The system will run fine until at least next summer (unless something happens to the hole to make it bigger) or, worst case scenario, end of summer (there's not much hot season left).
I'll probably start the warranty in September-October to make it less obvious I'm concerned about the AC. Fuck it, if anything else breaks in the house I can fix it myself but I don't want to touch refrigerant systems.
I wonder if there are warranties out there just for the AC part of the HVAC ...
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>>1033488
Sometimes a home warranty needs additional options to cover an AC.
When I renewed a warranty after I allowed it to lapse they didn't require a reinspection.
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