u/Glittering-Coffee-19

Hey everyone - turned my “AC” on this past Monday as temps were to hit 90+ and after a few hours the inside temp had risen, barely cool air was blowing.

Service tech came out today and determined that there is a leak somewhere and said that repairing the unit is very expensive/time consuming and we are probably better off replacing. Unit is 13 years old, Fingerlakes NY area so temps range from below zero to upper 90’s. ~2,000 sq ft house with a basement, and 2 stories.

Just some general questions to make sure I’m not getting taken advantage of:

1. Does the furnace need to be replaced at the same time? Makes sense that it does, but want to confirm.

2. Is it truly that expensive to find the leak and repair the unit vs replacing it?

Thanks!