We're replacing our furnace/AC next week. We went w/ 'American Standard', which is virtually identical to Trane. Same factories, specs, price.
We considered Carrier and Lennox also
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We considered Carrier and Lennox also
I just had an air source heat pump fail and went back to a traditional AC unit. I think it did do the job of lowering heating bills. I had a two stage Bryant unit. I always found it to be incredibly noisy, and I don't think it was configured right because it wouldn't switch over to the gas furnace when the Temps got really low. Ultimately, it also seems like the units don't last as long as an AC, since they have to run year round. The shorter life seems like it eats up the energy savings.
I got estimates from 7 companies on my replacement, none of them recommended a heat pump initially or when I brought it up.
I'm in the KC area for what it is worth.
I have to vent my water heater out the side of my house, so I need to have a power vent. Had it installed 2 days ago along with a new furnace and AC. The new power vent water heater is much quieter than the old one!
So far yes. It is variable speed, so it finds the level that just keeps the house at the right temperature. If my wife bumps the heat up a few degrees, then the system switches over to propane to get there quickly, and then reverts back to the heat pump to maintain that setting.
We used to go through 600-900 gallons of propane per winter. The new thermostat shows that we consumed 3500 kwH of electricity and 175 gallons of propane to heat our home, for a total cost of around $700. That should be $500-$1000 less than our old system. The thermostat allows me to enter the price of LP and electricity, presumably so it and factor that into its decision making. I can force it to use one or the other if I really want.
One downer is that air-to-air heat pumps dont qualify for tax credits.
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You may want to get a tune up and replace some parts that may be worn out. This may extend the life longer.
But if your leaning towards replacement, you have the luxury to replace the unit when you want to, not in an emergency setting. So you can get the job done in the fall or spring when you may not need to use it very much. I’d personally prefer this scenario as opposed to it breaking down in the middle of summer or winter.
Also getting a newer unit may allow you get get something more energy efficient.
Got some bad news on our 11 year old furnace. Any recs on systems? I have always used Greens and been happy but am open to shop around.
I assume doing both an AC and furnace is the best bang for your buck? Heat pump good or bad?
I assume doing both an AC and furnace is the best bang for your buck? Heat pump good or bad?
Had to replace a 16 year old system in August (we just bought the house last December fml ). Furnace died but had both Furnace and AC replaced by Bryant. Found what turned out to be the furnace drain got disconnected recently, someone came out after hours and fixed it at no charge.
I wouldn’t trust a heat pump to keep my house warm in January
In the Midwest you are always going to have a backup heat source to your heat pump, likely a gas furnace. I had an air source heat pump for several years with a gas furnace backup. My gas bill barely moved from summer to winter so the heat pump was doing most of the heavy lifting even in January.
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I’ll just again say I’ve been very pleased with Lenz Heating & Cooling for probably 10 years now. Super honest, good prices…no gimmicks. I tried Service Legends once before that and didn’t like that experience. Was the opposite actually. Felt like it was all gimmick and I didn’t trust the job they did. Turned out I was right to be suspicious. I got a second opinion. The tech either didn’t know what he was doing or was lying. Lenz all the way.
Just got one for $10k. 3 ton ac and 2 stage furnace combo
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We are in the St Louis area and on propane due to rural location. The heat pump works great and slashes the use of propane until temp falls below 25 degrees, then emergency heat kicks in and full propane.
AC & Furnace makes more sense. I got 2 Amana 3T AC units for about 9200. AC & Furnace would likely be slightly more.
