Posted By RoseRx on 14 Nov 2011 11:48 PM
The HVAC contractor did propose their Intellizone control panel. He recently agreed to Belimo zoning components, after I told him that the reports from this HVAC web site forum have been glowing and universal, although he said he had bad luck with Belimo a few yrs ago.
I am wondering if he needs to use W/F branded T.stats to comply w/ W/F's warr requirements?
Right now he has 10 yr parts warr and 1 yr labor on the contract, but the factory W/F warr calls for 10 yr parts and 10 yr labor allowance. I would feel better if he spelled out the remaining 9 yr labor allowance.
"glowing"? "universal"? is that really the impression you left with?
WF dealers will have to answer this one, but it seems that WF brags about a 10 year labor warranty, when in fact it is an extended warranty that must be purchased by their dealers. Their warranties would only cover parts purchased from them, but would not be void if some of their parts were married with after-market controls. In fact many controls that have manufacturers names on them are often relabled Honeywell or Johnson Controls. Honestly though, your contractor is the best one to answer warranty questions.