u/Deep_Dirt_7169

Hi everyone, I am based in Spain and could really use some advice.

A few days ago, I had 3 mini-splits installed.

After he finished installing the first unit, I asked him if he had pulled a vacuum. He admitted that he hadn't and just "purged" the lines, but said he would use the vacuum pump for the remaining two units now that I had brought it up.

When I questioned him about the first machine not being vacuumed, he got defensive: "I have 30 years of experience, what are you going to tell me?" He then added, "Look, I can just pull the gas out now, pull a vacuum, and put the gas back in."

He claimed that since the refrigerant is hermetically sealed, no new gas was needed. I accepted this at the time because I didn't know enough about the subject to argue.

To make matters worse, on one of the units where he did use the pump, I am afraid he only ran it for 15 min. I am afraid, could not be the case, but I am afraid.

Anyway, I've been reading up on this online for the past couple of days, and it turns out this is a massive screw-up.

What can I do to fix this? Am I screwed? I've already paid him, but I haven't signed the fluorinated gas certificate yet (which is a legal requirement here).

I saw that the correct fix for the first unit is to recover the contaminated gas, pull a vacuum, and put in a brand-new virgin charge. I decided to reach out to him in writing.

TLDR using AI, cause I sent out a long message: I know your "purge and reuse" method contaminated the system with air and moisture, which voids the Daikin warranty and risks ruining the compressor. I am refusing to sign the legally required gas certificate and will report you to Consumer Affairs and the Department of Industry unless you come back to fix it properly: recover the contaminated gas, pull a deep vacuum, and weigh in a brand-new charge of virgin R32 refrigerant.

Thanks.

I am a 26 year old guy, and I’m trying to figure out how to accept that my life is probably going to be a lonely one.

For context, I have about four friends I see from time to time, but it happens less and less as time goes by. I have never touched a woman, so on the romantic front, things are essentially non-existent. I don't have any extended family aside from my parents, and their health is currently declining.

I’ve felt a deep sense of loneliness since I was 16. Over the last ten years, I’ve spoken to five different therapists trying to change who I am, and I am still exactly the same. I don't have autism or Asperger's. I have read hundreds of posts and watched hundreds of hours of content trying to fix this about myself, but I have failed miserably. At my age, I have never been to a single party or had the classic experience of going out and having fun with a group of friends.

The simple reality is that the odds are not in my favor. As I enter my late 20s, the cultural reality here in Spain is that most friend circles have already cemented, making it incredibly difficult to break in and make new friends after high school or college.

I am lucky enough to live alone in a terrible housing market, but I have nobody to do things with. I’d like to travel, but my brain immediately asks, "what for?" if I have no one to share it with.

I feel like this constant isolation is taking a toll on my physical and mental health. I work and go to university part-time (both online), so I am busy during the week. But today is Saturday, and when the clock hits 9 PM, the sadness, boredom, and loneliness hit me like a truck.

I guess I am not sure how to put this, but how do I mentally prepare for the very high chance that my life will look exactly like this for the rest of time? How do you accept a life of solitude?