Gas furnace

[GYPSY400]

I went through the whole furnace thing a couple of years ago.. Got 6 estimates from 6 different furnace installers and the prices were all within $300... A real competitive industry..

So plan on spending between $5500-$6000 if your going to have a furnace contractor do the job.. I now have a Lennox 70,000 btu 95% efficient unit, which replaced a 120,000 btu 50-60% efficient unit.

My house took 7 hours for the swap, and that included re-working some duct work and disposal of the old unit.

Edited January 21, 2012 by GYPSY400

[Fisherman]

I have a small bungalow so I assume 60000 is small.

My hovel is 2,000 sq upper and lower and I'm sure mines no more than a 60,000 btu 95% energy efficient with DC motor. The use of gas dropped by about 30%. We paid a couple pennies more than $3,000, labour, tax and furnace included and then got back a bunch from the government. That was just over 3 years ago.

[Garnet]

I talked to my furnace cleaner guy last year about this. Buy a Canadian made furnaces designed for our winters. Guess theirs lots of off shore stuff and some of the big names are made in Texas.

[danc]

They don't make anything but high efficient furnaces any more, so you have no choice there. Being in the trade myself, I changed my own furnace last winter. My cost was $1200.00 for the furnace, venting, wiring, gas connection and duct work.

[Billy Bob]

I have a small bungalow so I assume 60000 is small.

 

It really depends on your insulation you have.....if it's a small bungalow I would think a 50,000 BTU unit would be more then enough.