[Shop-talk] HVAC question

[Wayne]

Hey Guys,

Anyone know much about current HVAC?  The heat pup at our "shop"  [ok - it's really the office] has a bum compressor in the outside unit, and the unit is mis-matched.  It's 1.5 ton, and the inside air handler and coil are 2.0- ton.  seems like a whole new outside unit would be the way to go.

Our repair guy claims that due to the R-22 phase-out, you can not even buy an R-22 outside coil unit.  He says replacement compressors are available, but the age and condition of the unit makes this inadvisable.

Is this for real?  I thought the stuff wan't completely banned until 2020.  Is R-22 equipment really unavailable for service jobs?

-Thanks, Wayne