Anonymous wrote:How did you decide that the system needed to be replaced? We're getting ready for a bigger reno and trying to decide if we should update the systems while we're at it or just wait until they fail, and what the downsides are to waiting.

Our AC stopped working, and it was 20 years old. I think it depends on how old your current system is.

How did you decide that the system needed to be replaced? We're getting ready for a bigger reno and trying to decide if we should update the systems while we're at it or just wait until they fail, and what the downsides are to waiting.

We installed a new HVAC system in December 2019. My neighbor works for a HVAC company and said prices went up by 50% during the pandemic and haven’t really gone back. That said, make sure to get multiple quotes.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t hate me but I looked up my 2020 installation of a carrier infinity furnace (2 stage gas with variable blower motor, 90k btu) and state select hot water heater and it was only 7k. Be sure to shop around.

But that’s only 1/2 of what everyone else got. And it’s Carrier, which is a shitty brand these days. Also, prices have jumped since the pandemic.

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I'm the PP that got a heat pump and furnace for $15k. In the quotes that we got 6 months ago, the furnace was much less expensive than the AC or heat pumps. We did get quotes for full HVAC replacement that ranged from around $8k-$27k. Lots of variation in cost depending on what models you chose and who installs them.

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Anonymous wrote:$15k for 3 ton 20 SEER variable stage heat pump and evaporator coil (before federal tax credit) and a 70k BTU 80% efficient natural gas furnace.

curious why you went with a very high efficiency heat pump and a low efficiency gas furnace?

The furnace is a backup. We don't run it very much. Installing an efficient furnace would have been significantly more expensive because of the need to vent the gases outdoors. All that for a backup heating source.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t hate me but I looked up my 2020 installation of a carrier infinity furnace (2 stage gas with variable blower motor, 90k btu) and state select hot water heater and it was only 7k. Be sure to shop around.

But that’s only 1/2 of what everyone else got. And it’s Carrier, which is a shitty brand these days. Also, prices have jumped since the pandemic.

Don’t hate me but I looked up my 2020 installation of a carrier infinity furnace (2 stage gas with variable blower motor, 90k btu) and state select hot water heater and it was only 7k. Be sure to shop around.

Anonymous wrote:$15k for 3 ton 20 SEER variable stage heat pump and evaporator coil (before federal tax credit) and a 70k BTU 80% efficient natural gas furnace.

curious why you went with a very high efficiency heat pump and a low efficiency gas furnace?

$15k for 3 ton 20 SEER variable stage heat pump and evaporator coil (before federal tax credit) and a 70k BTU 80% efficient natural gas furnace.

We did this. We got a dual fuel Daikin heat pump to replace our AC and gas furnace. It was 13K. You should watch some of the videos about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQFSpcpXC4

Heat pumps are much more energy efficient and just as comfortable if not more so (less dry air.)

14K+

Anonymous wrote:I just paid $16,500 for a new 16Seer oil furnace, heat pump (Trane), coil. Whole new system. I have oil heat so was limited on vendors.

Loudoun County.

Also it was a 4 ton.

Used Griffith. They are one of the few vendors who will work with oil heat.

I just paid $16,500 for a new 16Seer oil furnace, heat pump (Trane), coil. Whole new system. I have oil heat so was limited on vendors.

Loudoun County.

22K not in the area though.

Need to replace existing gas (80k btu) and AC (2.5 ton 14 seer) system. Furnace, AC coil, and condensing unit for est 2000 sqft 3-story colonial. No changes to ductwork, etc - just remove the old boxes and pop in new ones. Anyone care to share what they recently paid and contractor used. TIA