Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - new furnace or old relailable??
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pumpguy
03-30-08, 03:07 PM
Hello, we want to add central air to our home. The problem is I've been told there is no room to put the A-coil in our old furnace (Meuller Climatrol 117-80). Our old furnace has been pretty relailable only needing 1 thermocoupling in the last 15yrs. I read about all the problems with the new furnaces and it scares me a little. With all the circuit boards, sensors and electronics they seem to be problematic. Is there any way of adding central air to our old furnace?
Jay11J
03-30-08, 05:15 PM
Not knowing where you are out of, it may be worth while to upgrade into the new furnace.
I am in Minnesota, and we replaced our old furnace with a new Two stage variable speed blower 4 years ago, and been very pleased with it. What I like about it is the comfort from the A/C and and most of all the gas savings. We were on a budget plan of $125 a month now down to $66 a month.
By next year, my furnace has paid for it self off.
As for problems, lot of it has to do to a good install...
-Manual-J done to size the furnace to your home.
-Proper duct size to handle the air flow.
If you are worried about expense of repairs, get the 10 years parts and labor warranty.. I did on mine.
I am in Minnesota, and we replaced our old furnace with a new Two stage variable speed blower 4 years ago, and been very pleased with it. What I like about it is the comfort from the A/C and and most of all the gas savings. We were on a budget plan of $125 a month now down to $66 a month.
By next year, my furnace has paid for it self off.
As for problems, lot of it has to do to a good install...
-Manual-J done to size the furnace to your home.
-Proper duct size to handle the air flow.
If you are worried about expense of repairs, get the 10 years parts and labor warranty.. I did on mine.
pumpguy
03-31-08, 05:01 AM
I'm in southeastern Wisconsin. What brand furnace did you get if you don't mind telling me. After going on some of these websites dealing with heating equipment you would think there isn't a good furnace out there!!
Jay11J
03-31-08, 07:03 AM
I have a Trane XV90 2 stage, variable speed blower with a 2-stage Honeywell IAQ stat.
2 stage gives you the best comfort for our northern winters. I have an older 1968 home and with the old furnace, temps were all over the place in the house. Now with the two stage, every room is with in 1˚ from one another.
Trane just came out with a 3 stage furnace that is going to give you even more comfort than the 2 stage. But if these were not put in as per I/O manual, you may have trouble with it.. So that's why it's important to find a good dealer who does a good job on the install, looks at the whole detail in your home, meassure every room, windows, and looks in the attic of what you got for insulation.
On some lower priced brand furnace that has two stage may not allow the use of a true 2 stage stat, it'll run on a timer or they say it's "Smart" furnace... Really it don't know what's going on..
But with any new furnace now days, get the 10 years parts and labor warranty. Some will come with just parts, but labor do add up..
2 stage gives you the best comfort for our northern winters. I have an older 1968 home and with the old furnace, temps were all over the place in the house. Now with the two stage, every room is with in 1˚ from one another.
Trane just came out with a 3 stage furnace that is going to give you even more comfort than the 2 stage. But if these were not put in as per I/O manual, you may have trouble with it.. So that's why it's important to find a good dealer who does a good job on the install, looks at the whole detail in your home, meassure every room, windows, and looks in the attic of what you got for insulation.
On some lower priced brand furnace that has two stage may not allow the use of a true 2 stage stat, it'll run on a timer or they say it's "Smart" furnace... Really it don't know what's going on..
But with any new furnace now days, get the 10 years parts and labor warranty. Some will come with just parts, but labor do add up..