Prices on furnaces?

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IronWing

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One of the great mysteries of life is the replacement cost of a home furnace. Our furnace is 40 years old so we are trying to plan how much to set aside for a replacement when this one finally dies. The trouble is that furnace prices seem to be a closely guarded secret with no practitioner of the heating arts wanting to give any clues without a home visit. I understand not wanting to give a firm quote or any quote about install charges without a visit, but to not even give a range of prices for the furnace unit is, to my mind, ridiculous. With this in mind I turn to ATOT. Any idea how much a good quality furnace (with new thermostat) would run with the following specs:

natural gas
1350 sq ft
single heating zone
 

onza

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depends on what you want.. high efficency will run you 3000-4000 installed.

A regular ole furnace that'll get the job done will run you 1800-2500.
 

waggy

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also depends on if you are wanting to swtich from say oil heat to propane etc.
 

spidey07

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Also you better hurry if you want the 1500 dollar government tax credit, I think it ends 12/31. My girl just put new heating and AC for 6K in a similar sized home and it's a pretty nice unit. So that's 4500 for both after the rebate/credit.
 

AdamK47

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Run your CPUs at 100% load and turn on the fan for the central air.
 

thedarkwolf

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I just had my package unit, gas furnace and a/c combo, replaced for $2k. $1600 for the unit and $400 to install it for some dude doing work on the side.
 

HannibalX

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Consider an electric heat pump if you live south of the Mason–Dixon Line. They're cheap, work very well for the moderate to mild cold the southern US experiences and there's nothing to maintain. :)
 

DrPizza

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Natural gas, single heating zone, 1350 sq ft - but you didn't say what area of the country. Doesn't matter; I'm in western NY, put in a brand new furnace (85% or 90% efficient, can't remember which) less than 2 years ago. Installation took a few hours.

Next to impossible for me to purchase on my own. Heating contractors wouldn't sell to me, and suppliers won't sell to anyone other than heating contractors. Finally found one contractor that I was able to purchase through. It was around $750 (I probably made a thread on it; I can't remember the exact price any more.) In order to get the warranty on it, I had to have the installation inspected by the heating contractor I purchased it through; he did so for $50 or $100; something like that, definitely no more than $100. When I picked up the furnace at the supplier, on a Saturday, I had to write out the check to the contractor I purchased it through; and his account was billed for the furnace. So, I don't know how much of a profit he made on the furnace itself.

The price to the heating contractor from the supplier varies, depending on the volume of business that they do. When my bro-in-law came to help me install it, he told me that he could have gotten it on his account through a company he used to work for; "probably for about the same price" I managed to get it for, which he said was a pretty good price the company he used to work for, and the contractor I got it through are two of the largest volume companies in the area.

I'd hope that $3500 to $4000 quoted above includes installation of the duct work or something, because to take my own furnace out & do the sheet metal work to make the new furnace fit in, took only a couple of hours. Installation was a piece of cake, but it really helped a lot that my bro-in-law knew what he was doing - by myself, it would have taken more than twice as long, since I would have had a lot more to figure out. I did the gas line connection & new electrical connections while he was fabricating all the sheet metal.
 
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IronWing

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Thanks for the responses so far.

More details:
Arizona, low temps never below 15F, upper 20s common lows for Dec-Jan.
Current furnace is natural gas, forced air.
Shares duct work with evaporative cooler but units are completely separate.
Duct work is in good condition; had it vacuumed and inspected last year.
 

Capt Caveman

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In my house in Seattle, I replaced a natural gas/forced air furnance for $1.5k installed. My house was 1,800 sqft.
 
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