New furnace regulations - applies to all of us in the Northern United States

[Rob K.]

http://gilsonusa.com/sites/all/themes/gilson/pdf/ACCA-Northerners-ReplaceFurnace1.pdf

My furnace guy called me about this today. I hadn't heard this before. Any furnace installed after May 1, 2013 needs to be at least 90% efficient. This means PVC exhaust and condesation to deal with. My guy suggested that I upgrade any old furnace before the deadline. The price will be much higher afterwards.

More government interference.

[Mark H.]

Originally posted by Ahmed Porter:

You are right the new law makes it 90% on new furnaces and the cost is about 850 to 1200 more when getting your equipment. Also the venting on a 90% has to change which will cost you more on the install due to the vent problems if you are switching from 80% to 90%. In the city it is alot harder some places you can not use a 90% due to venting problems and forced to use a 80%.I think rob was pointing it out that it may be a extra cost that we should be aware of when doing our bids for 2013 on putting a extra 2,500 to 3,500 on our HVAC "on your permit job"We have started doing the 90% this year and we use it when we are listing as well as our energy star appliances and windows and alot of our clients want them in and nice to list for our agents to move the project off the market faster.

Here's a 90% efficient furnace for $775.. including a horizontal install kit.

http://acunitsdirect.com/gks90703bx-70-000-btu-92-1-efficiency-single-stage-burner-multi-speed-blower-upflow-horizontal-application-goodman-gas-furnace.html

How much was your last 80% efficient furnace?

was it $850 less than $775 (-$75)? !!!

I mean, if you want to pay your HVAC guy an *extra* $2500 to install it, I'm sure he'll go along..

These are *appliances* not magic beans... don't overpay...