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Posted by badgolferman on February 16, 2007, 1:34 pm
My 17-year-old Carrier furnace has a cracked heat exchanger. I have
received three different quotes that I would like advice on please.
My house:
built in 1989, under 1700 sq. ft., rancher on slab, vaulted ceiling in
great room with two skylights, three bedrooms, 75,000 btu gas furnace
in attic
quotes:
- Amana AMS8 70,000 btu 80%, warranty 20, 5, 2 $3349 (the guy who came
on the service call)
- Lennox G40 70,000 btu 80%, replacement 2.5 ton evaporator coil, same
warranty, $3300
- York Choice or Trane XB, 20,5,1 warranty, $2400 or with replacement 3
ton coil $3500
I plan on being in this house another 1-2 years.
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on February 16, 2007, 6:00 pm
On Feb 16, 1:34=EF=BF=BDpm, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@gmail.co=
m>
wrote:
> My 17-year-old Carrier furnace has a cracked heat exchanger. =A0I have
> received three different quotes that I would like advice on please.
>
> My house:
> built in 1989, under 1700 sq. ft., rancher on slab, vaulted ceiling in
> great room with two skylights, three bedrooms, 75,000 btu gas furnace
> in attic
>
> quotes:
> - Amana AMS8 70,000 btu 80%, warranty 20, 5, 2 =A0$3349 (the guy who came
> on the service call)
> - Lennox G40 70,000 btu 80%, replacement 2.5 ton evaporator coil, same
> warranty, $3300
> - York Choice or Trane XB, 20,5,1 warranty, $2400 or with replacement 3
> ton coil $3500
>
> I plan on being in this house another 1-2 years.
The cost difference between a 80 + and a 90+ furnace will reward you
at resale since energy costs ALWAYS go up.
Are you CERTAIN the heat exchanger is cracked? This is a typical scam
statement by some HVAC companies:(
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Posted by PaPaPeng on February 16, 2007, 10:36 pm
wrote:
>Are you CERTAIN the heat exchanger is cracked? This is a typical scam
>statement by some HVAC companies:(
My suspicions too. Get your gas compaqny to make a free safety
inspection. A 17 yeaqr old gas furnace should be in pretty good
shape.
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Posted by Bob Pietrangelo on February 16, 2007, 11:12 pm
Not a 17 year old Carrier Furnace in an attic. If you google life
expectancy of a gas furnace it is about 18 years.
It couldn't hurt to get a second opinion. Did the tech show you how he
proved a cracked heat exchanger.
According to MSN.com, Consumer Reports, and some realestate report state
that investment in your heating system should give you a 95-100% payback on
your investment.
--
Bob Pietrangelo
bobp3@comcast.net (home)
bob@comfort-solution.biz (work)
www.comfort-solution.biz
> wrote:
>
>>Are you CERTAIN the heat exchanger is cracked? This is a typical scam
>>statement by some HVAC companies:(
>
>
> My suspicions too. Get your gas compaqny to make a free safety
> inspection. A 17 yeaqr old gas furnace should be in pretty good
> shape.
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Posted by Phil Yarbrough on February 17, 2007, 12:00 am
wrote:
> My 17-year-old Carrier furnace has a cracked heat exchanger. I have
> received three different quotes that I would like advice on please.
>
> My house:
> built in 1989, under 1700 sq. ft., rancher on slab, vaulted ceiling in
> great room with two skylights, three bedrooms, 75,000 btu gas furnace
> in attic
>
> quotes:
> - Amana AMS8 70,000 btu 80%, warranty 20, 5, 2 $3349 (the guy who came
> on the service call)
> - Lennox G40 70,000 btu 80%, replacement 2.5 ton evaporator coil, same
> warranty, $3300
> - York Choice or Trane XB, 20,5,1 warranty, $2400 or with replacement 3
> ton coil $3500
>
> I plan on being in this house another 1-2 years.
The cost difference between a 80 + and a 90+ furnace will reward you
at resale since energy costs ALWAYS go up.
Are you CERTAIN the heat exchanger is cracked? This is a typical scam
statement by some HVAC companies:)
And you know this How? It's idiots like you that we read about in the news,
because they didn't have their furnace checked.
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