dbowers
February 13, 2016, 5:44pm
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Well I personally don’t play hide and seek on inspections. Access is readily visible or its not. Since you’re in New York and its winter I’m betting its too cold to run the A/C. So I would just spell out the issues and bump it.
We were unable to inspect the system due to the outside air temperature being below 60 degrees (operation in cool weather can damage the compressor).
Service and maintenance recommended. This typically involves cleaning the coils (inside and/or outside), checking freon levels, electric controls, etc as needed.
There were 2 exterior condensor units on opposite sides of the home (typically there would be air handlers OR cooling coils for these). We only found 1 air handler at the XXXXX attic cavity). A 2nd air handler was not located NOR inspected. It is recommended that the seller provide information on its location so it can be inspected by a professional hvac contractor.
In examining the 1 readily accessible air handler we noted it lacked one or more recommended safety conditions to make homeowner maintenance and/or professional service safe and readily feasible Under current building standards EACH unit should have a 2’ wide secured catwalk from the attic access to the unit; a 30" work platform in front of the control area; a switched light at the attic access; an electrical disconnect near the unit, a 120 volt electrical outlet near the unit, to facilitate servicing.
Have a competent and licensed HVAC contractor read the report; review the system conditions; then service, repair or modify any unreliable conditions or deficiencies as needed to safely and properly correct them.