How much does a high-efficiency furnace cost for a 1500 sq ft bungalow in Toronto?
To buy would be 5000 for the unit plus removal and installation as well as paying for the contractors to do the job. If your furnace is conventional (metal piping out of the ceiling) these would be more expensive to replace because the new furnaces require two holes directly outside. With a maintenance plan over the course of the life of the furnace (recommended by most) then that may bring you to over 10K.To rent a furnace would be little different, everything would be included in the rental price per month for a set amount of years. They would come up to about the same.In essence, if you have the money to pay for it right or away or would rather it be broken up into a rental per month is up to you.If you have any further questions about it, directly message me. Based on experience and are only estimates. Ofcourse if you know someone in the HVAC business you can swing a deal or two.
High efficiency furnace. York or Goodman?
the Goodman GMV95 series is the way to go. Best heat exchangers out there and best warrantee's. Low and Hi fire gas valve, 2 speed inducer motor, DC fan motor. The furnace is truly a thing of beauty. York's always had a poor reputation where I'm from up in Canada past experiences with cracked vestibule plates and popped eyelits. Although York is known to be the most efficient furnace still currently sold on the market at 96.6% AFUE (Lennox Pulse no longer in production at 99% AFUE) you're really only losing 1% with the goodman series at 95% which still qualifies you for your energy savings grants and rebates. Based on your thermostat you also have the option of running your goodman furnace as a 2 stage or a single stage.
Are there efficiency ratings on furnaces from 1983?
I need to know the efficiency rating of our furnace for a permit we need. Our furnace is an Armstrong model #G6A75D-14 (also listed on a sticker Magic Chef Air Conditioning Company) Can anyone help me out??
How is the efficiency of a gas furnace measured (and who measures it)?
This is measured by some of the better Combustion Performance Analysis (CPA) meters. If the device knows the type of gas being used, the ambient temperature, the temperature of the flue gases, and the amount of CO and O2 in those gases then it is possible to calculate out how much waste residual energy is in the flue gases. In a perfect boiler/furnace then the flue gases are cooled right down to the ambient temperature, and every bit of oxygen in the intake air has been completely reacted to Water and CO2 and there is no CO. In practice state of the art burners get pretty close.In general I would expect a contemporary domestic boiler/furnace to get solidly into the 90%+ and commercial scale plant probably a little better. There has been a huge improvement from say 1980 to 2010 in the designs. From around 60%+ to 90%+ in that period.Who would do this? Well I'm only familiar with the UK framework and it more or less goes like this:A suitably qualified technician known as a Registered Gas Engineer will install the boiler and perform all the checks that the manufacturers require when the boiler is installed and commissioned. Provided all the tests pass then the boiler will be deemed by virtue of it’s design and design approval to be operating at the intended efficiency. These tests will probably not require the use of a top of the range CPA but a less sophisticated device. The results of these tests should be in log book for the boiler so that when the boiler is serviced and repaired test readings can be checked against the original results. For commercial plant the measurement of temperatures and efficiency calculations may well be required.For rented accommodation annual servicing as well as safety checking is legally compulsory, and these required checks are performed by the same Registered Gas Engineers who will have had certified training and experience in the work and practices necessary.HTH
Has anyone hear of any recalls on the Luxaire High-Efficiency furnaces?
Check the CPSC website http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/PRHTM...
Why is our high efficiency gas furnace venting hot exhaust?
95 degrees isn't very warm as far as flue exhaust goes. If your home had a 'standard' 80% efficient furnace, the flue gas temperature, the temperature of the air and flue gases exiting the home through the flue pipe, could be as hot as 450-500 degrees; obviously that's a waste of energy, but it's only 20% of the energy contained in the natural gas that is burned in the furnace, the other 80% goes to heating the home.So that fact that the flue gases are only 95 degrees is evidence that the furnace is extracting a lot of additional heat out of the gas, a good thing, and that furnace could have an efficiency as high as 95%. Someone spent extra cash for efficiency that high, so be happy, but if you are concerned, you can call an HVAC service company to come and look at it, check it out, run it through its paces. If you got a home warranty with the house it may be covered, but nothing you've told us is any reason for concern. Happy heating!
What is the best kind of pipes to use high efficiency gas furnace vents?
We use special plastic pipe material like PVC, ABS, CPVC with high efficiency gas furnace vents for venting the exhaust. you also use two heat exchangers to suck as much heat out of the exhaust as is possible and send that heat directly into your home. It is good because you don’t like sending warm air out of your house as exhaust.
Will a 4 inch furnace filter improve the efficiency of my furnace?
I am getting estimates for a new furnace in my home. I have had two contractors out and they conflict on the furnace filter part that we will have installed. One told us that they will install a unit that uses a 4 inch furnace filter, he said they worked better, only needed to replaced once a year and will help improve the efficiency of our furnace. The other contractor told us that was a lie and that a 1 inch filter unit would do the job. Who is telling us the truth? I must also add that the two estimates are very different one is for $2050 and the other is over $3200 (both including all current government incentives). I had estimates done a few years ago and they all came out around $3200-$3500 (this was before the current tax rebates) so I am pretty confused, we are getting more estimates done next week.
Goodman GMV950704CXA high efficient furnace loud return air noise?
Loud return air noise. it is the blower sucking air. The furnace is in the middle of the house. the return air is on the left side of the furnace and it is next to the wall which is part of the hall way. The duct work length is 4 to 5" and the opening is 24x14. Is the return air too short?