Time for a new furnace. What kind?

[kenmac]

Just to clarify, does this only apply to traditional heat pumps? Seems someone mentioned earlier that geothermal does not have this drawback.

I really have no experence with a geo system. I,ve never even had a call about servicing 1 or a call to install 1. If there any in my service area .it must be very few. I just can't Imagine the air from a geo system being warmer than a gas furnace

 

[dodge man]

I would say during a normal year I don't probably heat my house and make hot water for $850 but there might have been some years I gave. I still haven't heard from the guy pricing out our options yet so I'm waiting to hear.

 

[MacLawn]

I'm seriously thinking of geothermal when my current heat pump goes out.

 

[dodge man]

We got some prices today. Looks like geo-thermal would be around $19,000. The cheapest propane furnace with AC would be a little less than $7000, a better one around $9000. A good heat pump would be around $11,000.

What makes the geothermal so competitive is the 30% tax credit. That makes the actual cost of the geothermal more like $13,300. You also pay a lower rate for electricity for the geothermal. The guy says you get a return in about 4 1/2 years on geo.

 

[fordmantpw]

Sounds like a no-brainer to me.

But, it's easy to spend other people's money.

Best of luck in your decision.

 

[roadhunter]

We got some prices today. Looks like geo-thermal would be around $19,000. The cheapest propane furnace with AC would be a little less than $7000, a better one around $9000. A good heat pump would be around $11,000.

What makes the geothermal so competitive is the 30% tax credit. That makes the actual cost of the geothermal more like $13,300. You also pay a lower rate for electricity for the geothermal. The guy says you get a return in about 4 1/2 years on geo.

What exactly do you mean by this?

 

[fordmantpw]

What exactly do you mean by this?

Some utilities give you a rebate for putting in a geothermal system (ours is $750/ton). Some just lower your electric rate.

 

[kcflhrc]

We got some prices today. Looks like geo-thermal would be around $19,000. The cheapest propane furnace with AC would be a little less than $7000, a better one around $9000. A good heat pump would be around $11,000.

What makes the geothermal so competitive is the 30% tax credit. That makes the actual cost of the geothermal more like $13,300. You also pay a lower rate for electricity for the geothermal. The guy says you get a return in about 4 1/2 years on geo.

My brand new 4 ton heat pump installed with dual fuel/propane backup was $6k installed. There are deals out there. You just gotta shop around.

 

[brin]

My brand new 4 ton heat pump installed with dual fuel/propane backup was $6k installed. There are deals out there. You just gotta shop around.

:thumbsup:

 

[ruffdog]

Mom's condo needed a new A/C this summer and about 25% of them there have been changed out. The buildings are about 25 years old. She had a Lennox pulse and we had them swap that out too while they were there. The new ones are not pulse and are very quiet. Her unit is only 900sqft and is one of the middle units so here bills are real low. $5k for the whole job.