Deerwood, MN · Member since 2014 · 184 posts · 122 votes
I put in a cash offer today on a sfr rental foreclosure where the boiler and all the pipes froze. Plumber took a look and suggested it would be a good time to switch over to gas forced air furnace. I didn't have time to get an estimate for that, so I estimated $10,000. I'm wondering if I can save some money by doing some of the work myself or if a contractor has to do all the work. It is a two story with basement and all 3 bedrooms upstairs. Any diy people work on hvac system?
I would say about all you could do is remove the old system and open up walls and then refinish for were the new ducts will go. Otherwise a licensed HVAC contractor will have to do the rest of the work
We had to upgrade from a gravity furnace to forced air so we decided to do the furnace and A/C. The cost for that was about $16K for a 2 story home. We ran the upstairs mainline duct in a down stairs closet which saved a bit of money on repairs after. They ran some of the ductwork in the basement, which has an unfinished ceiling, between the floor joists - maybe you could do that?