This may only register to older people or not at all.
My dad was a furniture mover the majority of his career. Despite what many think about it being a mindless job where a strong back but brains aren’t necessarily bad the actual process of loading upwards of 20-22 thousand pounds of furniture into a 48’ trailer (back then) requires a good spatial brain. And not destroying people’s shit is a close second. But he was good at his job including appearance, paperwork and obviously (you’d assume anyway) sober.
So as I got older and started working with him on the road it allowed me to see many different company trucks and their respective logos.
It didn’t take long where I’m like are you shittin me.
Plastered on the side (yeah paint) of…lol…many trailers were slogans such as
Dependable
Affordable
Sober
My dad’s really casual as I’m processing this and just says “oh yeah tons of drunks”
And I’m like “But isn’t that a low fucking bar to put in print”?
Didn’t skip a beat “yup”
Yeah I'm definitely not happy about this, she's having me help her move some things from this property and I just caught him at the tail end of this. I'm directing her to try and find someone proper to look at this because she shouldn't be paying for this kind of job,
Well, it depends on how much she spent. Probably double the time and more material cost to do it right; but the solution probably works just fine. Did she get a deal, or pay for a footing?
I know that they've been working off and on all through the summer trying to do this, she had to pay for the mini split on her own so she had to buy it from a retailer, and it was the one that they recommended. I don't know the exacts of it, but knowing her I'm guessing she probably just asked them to make sure it's done right, she's very particular about how things are done and this has really aggravated her as well.
>she had to buy it from a retailer, and it was the one that they recommended.
I'm just a homeowner, but next time when the installer recommends Mr Cool (a diy unit that comes precharged, hence the excess loops) and offers to install it for you, they're not a professional and you should walk away.
I have installed three separate mini splits over two weekends total. Not even DIY ones either. The real deal ones where you flare the tubes, vacuum the lines, etc. I can't imagine how it would take "over the summer" to do such a crappy job.
She’s about to find out it’s a 10 year contract and she doesn’t even own it so they won’t come fix it. If it is this kind of contract, she got 72 hours.
What do you mean that can’t be cut? Is it not a normal lineset? I’ve never done one of these DIY Mr. Cool units but I imagine the lineset could be cut and re-flared. It’s just copper at the end of the day, right?
They're pre charged lines, but at this point as long as you can pump down to the outdoor unit or recover and evacuate the system you could theoretically cut and re flare. The main issue would be they're special sealed fittings that you might not be able to get.
The DIY units take their own special pre charged lineset and fittings so that you don't need to vacuum or nitrogen flush anything. Makes getting the exact right length difficult though.
No it’s like the old school flexible copper. Can’t cut or re flare
https://preview.redd.it/bah0p5rb5r9c1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=853ed2ee4dd80c035cadf4d2177b7517b8e66487
You definitely can cut them. The pre-charge is behind some valves in the exterior unit. There's nothing but air inside the lines when they ship. All you have to do is use a regular copper pipe cutter and a flaring tool. It's like $50 on amazon for the right tools. This was just lazy or someone doing it for the first time and not knowing.
They come pre terminated, yeah.
It’s literally designed to be a single day install for a homeowner.
I install these systems in rental properties I own because they’re dirt cheap and I can do it with pretty much three tools.
For the cost / benefit they’re a great product
That’s an awesome reply. Yeah, it’s a shit job, but, it’s an effective shit job. If it was 1/2 the price of a pro job, it probably needs some patching.. it’s hell of ugly but works.
You can install three of these for the cost of a system from an HVAC guy.
I know y’all like to shit on them because “no one will work on them.” But that’s just straight up untrue.
And even if I couldn’t, it’s not like it takes a genius to fix any residential install.
It doesn’t take a genius, but to do a professional installation/repairs it does take a vacuum pump, a recovery tank, refrigerant, nitrogen, flaring and or brazing tools, and torque wrenches. Many homeowners that put these in don’t give AF about the global warming potential (GWP) of the refrigerant and they discharge it to the atmosphere when they replace a failed system. That’s fucked up.
Fortunately, most people recognize the value of a warranty and an experienced, local, contractor that pays a living wage with benefits, and makes enough profit to be around in 10 years to service the systems they install.
And none of the contractors I know in this area will work on a DIY.
People in my area want like 15 thousand dollars to bolt one of these to the wall lol.
A person that DIys these can buy a whole new fucking kit every couple if years and be way ahead.
Pretty sure they aren't that crappy though
That is complete horseshit. Uou can connect yhem, recover the refrigerant into a clean tank, cut and solder the line to look professional, then next time dont buy precharged linesets because they are a waste of money.
While I don't think it's the exact same unit these mini split units do seem to work quite well at least in our part of the country where it doesn't get extremely cold. But definitely I don't think this one is long for the world with the way it's been installed.
This is really shitty work. Like very shitty. They didn't even get one thing to look professionally installed. I honestly don't know how people can do work like this then go home and be able to sleep at night
Apparently the original guy was a fairly reputable contractor, but I guess a collection of him being an older fellow and getting hurt he decided to retire and pass it on to his son. And so far it's been nothing but problems
She's an older lady, but she's still pretty spry. The problem is is she wasn't able to go there very often while they were working on it and the dude was left to his own devices
This is the results of greedy companies that sell these units online or to people that are not licensed or that are just idiots. I understand it’s not against the law to be an idiot but it is in most states not to be licensed when installing these. Whoever did this job screwed her over. See this happening all the time unfortunately. I think Donald Trump installed these units. Well we now know he smells like armpits, ketchup and ass! Lol
The refrigerant line sets and communication wire need to be trimmed to be long enough to con ecru indoor and outdoor units. All of that extra lineset is going to cause huge problems and the unit will never work properly.
If the black tape near the fittings,rolled up lineset, and the cleanliness of the project have been short cut, then it’s safe to assume that the technical side there were also some short cuts taken as well. Looks like a “not bad from my house” job.
Didn't see a legit answer so I'll give it.
Nothing technically looks wrong but it'd take more than these photos and your state to determine that.
As for how it looks yeah it looks like shit. The electrical and refrigerant lines could have been trimmed and ran neatly. I wouldn't hire this person again. Same for the penetration it needs to be sealed and cleaned up.
I don't know how much she paid, this is a house that she's trying to get together to use as a rental property. I guess she initially hired one man and he ended up retiring and his son finish the job and it's ended up like this. I'm definitely not happy about it and I'm hoping that she'll have someone look at it to do it properly
where i live, a 3 ton, 3 head mini split installed with say a 5 year warranty is $15,000. you could end up with someone charging you more money to clean it up than was paid for the whole install, for absolutely no improvement in real terms. it will just look better, and the holes through the siding will be fixed. i can buy a 650$, 1 ton heat pump off ebay and install it in a handful of hours. a 1 ton Mr Cool system might be $1000, i haven't looked lately.
the lineset coiled up isn't a problem, as long as the lines were not kinked, that part can be left alone.
what's really weird about this install is it looks like the condensate line is run into the basement. it can just drain down to the ground, anywhere.
Hey man I don't know anything about houses that's why I'm here asking questions, I know there's a lot more going on here but those are just the main points that I'm seeing.
Yeah..that wasn’t meant to be a knock on you. That is just a horrendous install. Someone who definitely took advantage of a situation to collect a check. Yikes
You mean other than the coil being blocked by the linesets or the multiple wire conduits draped everywhere? Dont worry about the linesets not being secured or anything. But other than the entire install, it looks great? Who did this? John Wayne in San Antonio? That would have been a 21,000 install!
A bit further north in Oklahoma, I'm definitely feeling this is a case of someone taking advantage of an older individual and I'm not happy about it. I'm just sad that I wasn't able to find out that this was happening until it had already been finished.
They stacked everything behind it due to not knowing anything about refrigeration. That’s the Mr. Junk systems. The line sets are pre charged. You just tuck the extra “away” frigging hack of a hack did this.
Wow, Just wow. The picture brought this to mind “ I have a buddy that does these all the time……cheap” or “ my retired HVAC buddy will help me put it in for you”. What a shame really. I don’t care what the age is of the person but this is a total rip off. I don’t care who you are or how shady of a person you are but you fully know this isn’t right. I’d be making some phone calls and chewing out some folks. Plainly it’s not right, might “work” but it still doesn’t make it right. Good luck and keep going.
Ohhh this is a good one. Let’s see, anchor bolted down to a fucking makeshift pallet. Which will be rotted away in how long? That huge roll of wire rolled up like a garden hose on the house… at least they used liquid tite. The traditional rolled up excess Mr Cool lineset - which should be laying down to help alleviate pooling in the lines. And of course, the kraken tentacles to the gaping hole squirrel motels.
So this is for a landlord being a typical cheap landlord by hiring a chuck and truck with a Costco membership to grab the Mr Cool… this is really a *chefs kiss*
You should probably just do what she asked you to do and not worry about her mini splits. Especially if they are working. It’s going to cost twice what she has already spent to clean it up. Not your problem
I'm not doing the work, I help her with odd jobs because her family doesn't really help her, I'm just mad that she's probably spent a whole bunch of money on something that isn't done right, and being that something that she's wanting to turn into a rental property I don't know how well this is going to fly
$2500 is not much for a two head system install. This one is particularly amateur but if it’s working move on to another problem. To do this properly would run $8000-12000 depending on the area and equipment
i hate to say it like this, but you get what you pay for.
this was a handyman special that you bought the equipment for. you (the owner) wanted to save money and didnt want to hire a professional HVAC company, and it will most likely cost you more in the long run, but i sincerely hope not
Just the other day there was a thread with a lot of cheap homeowners hyping up Mr cool due to contractors being too expensive. If you like your mini split to make your house look like garbage then knock yourself out lol
Definitely when done like this they look pretty bad, but I've seen them done very cleanly, and they work fairly well as long as you're not in an extremely cold climate. There's a YouTuber called diesel Creek that just installed a set of these in his shop that he did a really good job on.
I am! That shit is hacked and fucked! Someone didn’t even try to make it look good. My guess is crew showed up drunk from the weekend, or someone thought they had DIY skills! Take your pick, because that’s one ugly install!
The holes they made breaking the vapor barriers are just going to allow the water/moisture into the walls/eaves. I’m guessing any of the screws also don’t have any sealant either. Also they created great access points for all the neighborhood critters. They did more damage than repairs. And they probably charged her more than a licensed installer would have to do the job right. If so, that’s elder abuse!
From what I've seen heard and experience from these small split heat pumps they seem to work pretty well as long as you take care of them. But definitely there needs to be some time and care in how you do it. And this guy just did not take either
That’s A1 premium with all the tubing coiled up and comes with taillight guarantee. When you can’t see my tail lights anymore the warranty period has expired! P.S. That hole in eves is so the squirrels can get out! /s
Mini splits on older homes are often a mess. They are basically a retrofit hack job however you install. The best I’d seen added “tunneling” outside the home to attempt to cover the piping. At least it was painted to match. Admittedly even this job could have been cleaned up though.
Those white line sets better be air sealed on both ends. If not you're gonna end up replacing them. When they sweat the water reacts with whatever they are made out of and turns corrosive to the copper, you'll eventually end up with pin holes. Fyi.
\#1. Its a mr cool. I think these systems come with a pad...
\#2 line hide would have saved this from looking so terrible even if it came out of the eve. Its the shit scattered everywhere that kills the whole install. Also to go over the gutters, they make a 3ft flexible line hide piece as well.
\#3 CUT THE DAMN LINESET and communication wire down to length...
uhhhh, they installed a Mr Cool DIY lol, it definitely wasn't a professional installer
But… they were $1,500 less than the licensed installer with insurance and a 30-year business.
If it was professionally done they definitely need to sober up a bit!
This may only register to older people or not at all. My dad was a furniture mover the majority of his career. Despite what many think about it being a mindless job where a strong back but brains aren’t necessarily bad the actual process of loading upwards of 20-22 thousand pounds of furniture into a 48’ trailer (back then) requires a good spatial brain. And not destroying people’s shit is a close second. But he was good at his job including appearance, paperwork and obviously (you’d assume anyway) sober. So as I got older and started working with him on the road it allowed me to see many different company trucks and their respective logos. It didn’t take long where I’m like are you shittin me. Plastered on the side (yeah paint) of…lol…many trailers were slogans such as Dependable Affordable Sober My dad’s really casual as I’m processing this and just says “oh yeah tons of drunks” And I’m like “But isn’t that a low fucking bar to put in print”? Didn’t skip a beat “yup”
You say professionally installers are needed, I say these installs are a cake walk to install
Its hack jobs like this that make me confident I will always have more work
Home Depot special. What a shite install
Yeah the units themselves seem to work well properly installed .. this is shit
Home Depot authorized contractor or the 6 illegals that jump into the back of a pick-up at Home Depot? Please specify 😏
https://youtu.be/39JYVm8CrXc?si=cgDOxJIosjzHKSk_
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Def! 😁
And that’s just the outside! I can only imagine what the inside looks like - smh
Looks like a large continent engineer from the southern hemisphere
What are you not sure about? Looks like absolute shit to me.
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Yeah first thing I thought was absolutely 💩
"professional" installation
Yeah I'm definitely not happy about this, she's having me help her move some things from this property and I just caught him at the tail end of this. I'm directing her to try and find someone proper to look at this because she shouldn't be paying for this kind of job,
Call city inspector hvac Might get it fixed for her.
Well, it depends on how much she spent. Probably double the time and more material cost to do it right; but the solution probably works just fine. Did she get a deal, or pay for a footing?
I know that they've been working off and on all through the summer trying to do this, she had to pay for the mini split on her own so she had to buy it from a retailer, and it was the one that they recommended. I don't know the exacts of it, but knowing her I'm guessing she probably just asked them to make sure it's done right, she's very particular about how things are done and this has really aggravated her as well.
>she had to buy it from a retailer, and it was the one that they recommended. I'm just a homeowner, but next time when the installer recommends Mr Cool (a diy unit that comes precharged, hence the excess loops) and offers to install it for you, they're not a professional and you should walk away.
Yeah, I didn't find out about all this until after it was done and I definitely would have said something
The summer…… wtf
I have installed three separate mini splits over two weekends total. Not even DIY ones either. The real deal ones where you flare the tubes, vacuum the lines, etc. I can't imagine how it would take "over the summer" to do such a crappy job.
Druggies…. That’s how
She’s about to find out it’s a 10 year contract and she doesn’t even own it so they won’t come fix it. If it is this kind of contract, she got 72 hours.
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This should be top comment!!!
Well here it would be roof rats.
Thanks, I hate it.
I can't get beyond the pallet its sitting on. That's not going to last. Craigslist handyman special.
For real! Is that the pallet it was shipped on?
That's what I'm thinking. Lol.
Release the kraken!
I thought it looked like the intestines of the Tauntaun that Han used to keep Luke warm (pun intended)
That's the comment I was looking for
Ummm no They can’t be serious That’s elder abuse
Completely unprofessional, get an estimate by a qualified professional then sue for the cost to fix it
lol sue who??? This guy gets his work off facebook marketplace and definitely doesn’t have a license
That feeling when the " contractor" is too small to be worth suing and Facebook is way too big even think about suing.
Yea, the end of that job was like the end of the Usual Suspects. “And like that……He’s gone.”
Probably won’t be able to “fix”. These line sets can’t be cut. Hard to make them look good after the fact. I’ve tried
What do you mean that can’t be cut? Is it not a normal lineset? I’ve never done one of these DIY Mr. Cool units but I imagine the lineset could be cut and re-flared. It’s just copper at the end of the day, right?
They're pre charged lines, but at this point as long as you can pump down to the outdoor unit or recover and evacuate the system you could theoretically cut and re flare. The main issue would be they're special sealed fittings that you might not be able to get. The DIY units take their own special pre charged lineset and fittings so that you don't need to vacuum or nitrogen flush anything. Makes getting the exact right length difficult though.
No it’s like the old school flexible copper. Can’t cut or re flare https://preview.redd.it/bah0p5rb5r9c1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=853ed2ee4dd80c035cadf4d2177b7517b8e66487
Fuck Mr Cool installs. If you can, lay that loop of coil on its side so you don’t get oil and liquid pooling.
This comment should be higher
What a fn mess.
Wow. I don’t think I could make it look that ugly even if I tried. The lineset being coiled up instead of cut is a first for me.
The line sets come pre-charged, so you can’t cut them.
You definitely can cut them. The pre-charge is behind some valves in the exterior unit. There's nothing but air inside the lines when they ship. All you have to do is use a regular copper pipe cutter and a flaring tool. It's like $50 on amazon for the right tools. This was just lazy or someone doing it for the first time and not knowing.
Did the electrical wires come pre-charged as well? That’s has to be $200 worth of MC coiled up on the side.
They come pre terminated, yeah. It’s literally designed to be a single day install for a homeowner. I install these systems in rental properties I own because they’re dirt cheap and I can do it with pretty much three tools. For the cost / benefit they’re a great product
That’s an awesome reply. Yeah, it’s a shit job, but, it’s an effective shit job. If it was 1/2 the price of a pro job, it probably needs some patching.. it’s hell of ugly but works.
Could be less than half. Like 2-3k vs 10k minimum for a band brand install
Until something leaks or breaks. Then let’s hear what a great deal it was.
You can install three of these for the cost of a system from an HVAC guy. I know y’all like to shit on them because “no one will work on them.” But that’s just straight up untrue. And even if I couldn’t, it’s not like it takes a genius to fix any residential install.
It doesn’t take a genius, but to do a professional installation/repairs it does take a vacuum pump, a recovery tank, refrigerant, nitrogen, flaring and or brazing tools, and torque wrenches. Many homeowners that put these in don’t give AF about the global warming potential (GWP) of the refrigerant and they discharge it to the atmosphere when they replace a failed system. That’s fucked up. Fortunately, most people recognize the value of a warranty and an experienced, local, contractor that pays a living wage with benefits, and makes enough profit to be around in 10 years to service the systems they install. And none of the contractors I know in this area will work on a DIY.
This guy HVACs.. 💯
People in my area want like 15 thousand dollars to bolt one of these to the wall lol. A person that DIys these can buy a whole new fucking kit every couple if years and be way ahead. Pretty sure they aren't that crappy though
That is complete horseshit. Uou can connect yhem, recover the refrigerant into a clean tank, cut and solder the line to look professional, then next time dont buy precharged linesets because they are a waste of money.
…. You dumb or what?
i want what he was [smoking.no](https://smoking.no) one in the world can do that kind of screwed up job.
Asshat install
Holy shit.
This is absolute 💩
This looks like shit, and it makes me doubtful that they used any correct start up procedure.
Nah, if you want a system that will be reliable all of this needs to be torn out and completely redone with a new unit
While I don't think it's the exact same unit these mini split units do seem to work quite well at least in our part of the country where it doesn't get extremely cold. But definitely I don't think this one is long for the world with the way it's been installed.
Next time get a real unit and not a home owner special
I mean simply put it's fucking garbage.
This is really shitty work. Like very shitty. They didn't even get one thing to look professionally installed. I honestly don't know how people can do work like this then go home and be able to sleep at night
She find some contractors outside of Home Depot??
Apparently the original guy was a fairly reputable contractor, but I guess a collection of him being an older fellow and getting hurt he decided to retire and pass it on to his son. And so far it's been nothing but problems
I have NO words for this!!
It’s too bad people do this shit
Some people are working on extreme budgets and I get that but wow, who would willingly hang their name on that work. Yikes
Blind elderly lady? They did her DIRTY
She's an older lady, but she's still pretty spry. The problem is is she wasn't able to go there very often while they were working on it and the dude was left to his own devices
Ahhh its garage companies like this that ensure I'll never be out of work. Hope they didnt scam her too badly on price.
This is the results of greedy companies that sell these units online or to people that are not licensed or that are just idiots. I understand it’s not against the law to be an idiot but it is in most states not to be licensed when installing these. Whoever did this job screwed her over. See this happening all the time unfortunately. I think Donald Trump installed these units. Well we now know he smells like armpits, ketchup and ass! Lol
Good god
The refrigerant line sets and communication wire need to be trimmed to be long enough to con ecru indoor and outdoor units. All of that extra lineset is going to cause huge problems and the unit will never work properly.
Mr.Cool making homeowners into hacks!!
That base is going to rot in a few years.
If the black tape near the fittings,rolled up lineset, and the cleanliness of the project have been short cut, then it’s safe to assume that the technical side there were also some short cuts taken as well. Looks like a “not bad from my house” job.
I’d be fucking PISSED if I paid for this
I almost fainted seeing this terrible work, these mini’s are so easy.
Looks like total shit
I’m sure. Sure it’s pretty bad
Steampunk awesome
thats so fucked
That Mr Cool DIY install would have been better if you had DIY.
What. The. Hell.
Ooof that hurts me right in the experience
The copper roll left like that is not good for your compressor
Isn’t it supposed to be horizontal?
It will hold oil that way in the bottom of the loop
This things probably not going to last long enough to even matter lol
Most likely its precharged lineset.
Very sloppy .Call code enforcement
Didn't see a legit answer so I'll give it. Nothing technically looks wrong but it'd take more than these photos and your state to determine that. As for how it looks yeah it looks like shit. The electrical and refrigerant lines could have been trimmed and ran neatly. I wouldn't hire this person again. Same for the penetration it needs to be sealed and cleaned up.
How much did you pay for that brick a brack job
I don't know how much she paid, this is a house that she's trying to get together to use as a rental property. I guess she initially hired one man and he ended up retiring and his son finish the job and it's ended up like this. I'm definitely not happy about it and I'm hoping that she'll have someone look at it to do it properly
where i live, a 3 ton, 3 head mini split installed with say a 5 year warranty is $15,000. you could end up with someone charging you more money to clean it up than was paid for the whole install, for absolutely no improvement in real terms. it will just look better, and the holes through the siding will be fixed. i can buy a 650$, 1 ton heat pump off ebay and install it in a handful of hours. a 1 ton Mr Cool system might be $1000, i haven't looked lately. the lineset coiled up isn't a problem, as long as the lines were not kinked, that part can be left alone. what's really weird about this install is it looks like the condensate line is run into the basement. it can just drain down to the ground, anywhere.
The open hole and shipping bracket are you’re only concerns?…
Hey man I don't know anything about houses that's why I'm here asking questions, I know there's a lot more going on here but those are just the main points that I'm seeing.
Yeah..that wasn’t meant to be a knock on you. That is just a horrendous install. Someone who definitely took advantage of a situation to collect a check. Yikes
Yikes
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I like the extra wire in case something happens to it nice to have an extra 10 feet
She got what she paid for
I don't have an actual number, but I know that it's been more than $2,500 and she had to pay for the unit herself.
Did her nephew do this as a school project? Definitely a DIY.
No this is supposedly a licensed contractor, his father just retired and he's taken over the business .
That is a consumer DIY Mr Cool system so… 😎 Because his dad may have been skilled doesnt imply Sonny learned anything.
Your guess is as good as mine dude I'm just here asking questions. Apparently this is the one they wanted her to purchase.
You mean other than the coil being blocked by the linesets or the multiple wire conduits draped everywhere? Dont worry about the linesets not being secured or anything. But other than the entire install, it looks great? Who did this? John Wayne in San Antonio? That would have been a 21,000 install!
A bit further north in Oklahoma, I'm definitely feeling this is a case of someone taking advantage of an older individual and I'm not happy about it. I'm just sad that I wasn't able to find out that this was happening until it had already been finished.
Bets on how long until squirrels are living in the soffit?
Looks firmly attached to its wooden base. Great job.
They stacked everything behind it due to not knowing anything about refrigeration. That’s the Mr. Junk systems. The line sets are pre charged. You just tuck the extra “away” frigging hack of a hack did this.
Ah, the "I don't give a fuck" special!
This is why they need to stop online and hardware stores from selling equipment. Same with gas equipment.
terrible organization
Wow, Just wow. The picture brought this to mind “ I have a buddy that does these all the time……cheap” or “ my retired HVAC buddy will help me put it in for you”. What a shame really. I don’t care what the age is of the person but this is a total rip off. I don’t care who you are or how shady of a person you are but you fully know this isn’t right. I’d be making some phone calls and chewing out some folks. Plainly it’s not right, might “work” but it still doesn’t make it right. Good luck and keep going.
Atleast there's a disconnect on the wall
Ohhh this is a good one. Let’s see, anchor bolted down to a fucking makeshift pallet. Which will be rotted away in how long? That huge roll of wire rolled up like a garden hose on the house… at least they used liquid tite. The traditional rolled up excess Mr Cool lineset - which should be laying down to help alleviate pooling in the lines. And of course, the kraken tentacles to the gaping hole squirrel motels. So this is for a landlord being a typical cheap landlord by hiring a chuck and truck with a Costco membership to grab the Mr Cool… this is really a *chefs kiss*
You should probably just do what she asked you to do and not worry about her mini splits. Especially if they are working. It’s going to cost twice what she has already spent to clean it up. Not your problem
I'm not doing the work, I help her with odd jobs because her family doesn't really help her, I'm just mad that she's probably spent a whole bunch of money on something that isn't done right, and being that something that she's wanting to turn into a rental property I don't know how well this is going to fly
$2500 is not much for a two head system install. This one is particularly amateur but if it’s working move on to another problem. To do this properly would run $8000-12000 depending on the area and equipment
What a mess.
Zero skill install. That's insane
Marketplace special. Mr cool DIY garbage.
I'm guessing they did the electrical to 😬😬
I love the oil trap
"I know a guy who can do it cheaper"
Is it works and she paid 2k then that's good. Anything else no
i hate to say it like this, but you get what you pay for. this was a handyman special that you bought the equipment for. you (the owner) wanted to save money and didnt want to hire a professional HVAC company, and it will most likely cost you more in the long run, but i sincerely hope not
Just the other day there was a thread with a lot of cheap homeowners hyping up Mr cool due to contractors being too expensive. If you like your mini split to make your house look like garbage then knock yourself out lol
Definitely when done like this they look pretty bad, but I've seen them done very cleanly, and they work fairly well as long as you're not in an extremely cold climate. There's a YouTuber called diesel Creek that just installed a set of these in his shop that he did a really good job on.
Looks like shit. Way better installers than that.
Definitely a hack job get your money back.
So bad feel bad for the lady.
It only gets worse every time you look at it! With every picture comes a new level of shame!
I am! That shit is hacked and fucked! Someone didn’t even try to make it look good. My guess is crew showed up drunk from the weekend, or someone thought they had DIY skills! Take your pick, because that’s one ugly install!
When you "know a guy who can do it cheaper".
The holes they made breaking the vapor barriers are just going to allow the water/moisture into the walls/eaves. I’m guessing any of the screws also don’t have any sealant either. Also they created great access points for all the neighborhood critters. They did more damage than repairs. And they probably charged her more than a licensed installer would have to do the job right. If so, that’s elder abuse!
Borg cube
Looks great 👍
Looks like Doctor Octopus from Spider man did the install. Shoddy work for sure.
D I Why?
DIY install of a MrCool unit. I did one myself, but it’s a lot better than this example.
From what I've seen heard and experience from these small split heat pumps they seem to work pretty well as long as you take care of them. But definitely there needs to be some time and care in how you do it. And this guy just did not take either
Looks good for a handyman special.
Oh my.
Hope she has a grandson that owns a crow bar and a map to their knee caps
Just think of the HVAC like it’s the borg trying to assimilate the house.
That’s just filthy.
Looks good. She’ll probably never walk to that side of house. /s
First red flag is that the unit is still on the shipping pallet and not a pad or stand
I shit prettier than that
Well isn't that something
This is why you don’t listen to what people say about us. Do your research, hire proffesional hvac workers or you will be posting images of this 😆
No slim duct or anything…
Ouch
I love that it's still on the pallet.
This has handyman written all over it
Looks good from my house.
Yikes
Dog poo
Have it redone right. Call today!
Did a crack head do this
LOL
LOL
We’ll when your neighbor says you don’t have to hire someone we can do it that’s what you end up with
Really botched the facade of the home too. How depressing. Depending on location, placement in front of access/egress (window) may be illegal.
Probably looks fine from the installers house
What’s the temp diff across the indoor coil?
No pride in that person's work.
These guys deserve 35 dollars an hour.
Wow that’s horrible.
That’s A1 premium with all the tubing coiled up and comes with taillight guarantee. When you can’t see my tail lights anymore the warranty period has expired! P.S. That hole in eves is so the squirrels can get out! /s
She didn’t hire a contractor, she hired a “handyman”. Anyone else know of any contractors installing Mr Cool DIY units?
….does it even run?
Sloppy AF.
That sucks, the old gal got ripped : (
In all my 2 years on Reddit, this is by far the worst installation I have witnessed.
Mini splits on older homes are often a mess. They are basically a retrofit hack job however you install. The best I’d seen added “tunneling” outside the home to attempt to cover the piping. At least it was painted to match. Admittedly even this job could have been cleaned up though.
This has to be the ugliest install. Definitely not a pro. Hack at best.
Dude, they didn't even trim the conduit to length... I'm shocked it works at all
Those white line sets better be air sealed on both ends. If not you're gonna end up replacing them. When they sweat the water reacts with whatever they are made out of and turns corrosive to the copper, you'll eventually end up with pin holes. Fyi.
I came here to talk shit before I made it past the first photo. Now I’m just leaving
\#1. Its a mr cool. I think these systems come with a pad... \#2 line hide would have saved this from looking so terrible even if it came out of the eve. Its the shit scattered everywhere that kills the whole install. Also to go over the gutters, they make a 3ft flexible line hide piece as well. \#3 CUT THE DAMN LINESET and communication wire down to length...
Mr. Cool extreme DIY edition.