DuncanAg said:
I have a 170 sq foot room off the back of my garage that I am converting to a man cave. Looking at putting in a mini split. I saw on this forum that some folks purchased through ecomfort.com. What do you think someone would charge me in labor to install one? The condenser to unit run would be short because its just outside the wall of where we would install.
In DFW at least it was hard to find somebody to install a mini split without buying the mini split from them. I bought my senville mini split online and got a good deal on it at the time and then started calling around. I was getting quotes for $1,200 to $3,000 dollars just for installation and when I objected to the price for what should be a 4-6 hour project, I usually was met with, "We'll I'm not taking my crew to work on your project when I could have them doing something else more profitable." That was 9 months ago.
I finally talked to my handyman I use for stuff around the house and he knew somebody and they did it for $700 or so.
They are able to be installed by yourself with just a couple of tools if you are handy.
I would maybe price going through a local provider and see what it'll be unless you have somebody who can help you install it.