NJMasti

Our furnace dead. It's ancient and needs to be replaced soon cause it's cold!

We're not familiar with these things at all... getting SO many different views from different contractors that we don't know what to decide upon.

The current ancient furnace intakes 85,000 BTU and puts out 105,000 BTUs.

Should we get 80%, 92%, 96% efficiency on the next furnace? Should we get the chimney lined?
What brand: Amana, Rheem, Goodman?

The Amana 92% efficiency is $6k with the chimney liner.
The Goodman 92% is $3.5k, no liner.
The 80% is $2,200.. no chimney liner.


Anyone have any input with this? We're LOSTTTTT and need have a snow storm headed our way this weekend.

X2

how long are you planning to be in the house, the higher efficiency the furnace the better it will be on your bills, but depending on climate and usage it may be some time before you get a return, and then its not really proven how much a high efficiency means in terms of resale value.

have you also looked into carrier, lennox, trane and york?

here is one site, its not that great but gives you some general comparison, you may want to look at cinsumer reports as well.

NJMasti

^thanks for your response...

yes I've frantically checked out the consumerreview and it has helped me a little in understanding

however, even if we go for the best one that may cost $3500 or above - how do we make an estimate on how much it will cost us per month in bills.... that's pretty tough.

with the old one - the bills were relatively high

(it's been 3 months since moved in)

X2

get an average of how much you spend in heating and how much gas you are using and your old furnace efficiency ratinngs and the new ones. then you can calculate based on diff gas price scenarios

NJMasti

^we have a contractor come in tomorrow to check it out and give the estimate...
We are guesstimating under $3,500. Let's see what happens =)