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Old 12-06-2010, 04:52 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse View Post
I just had a furnace tech over 20 minutes ago and he was saying the problem now is that by law mid eff furnaces are outlawed. Therefore you have to get a high eff furnace in as they can't buy them to install.

So that's normally 4,000-5,000 to do but the problem is the new ducting can hit $3,000 for the new ones required for high-eff. Therefore making this a lot more than you wanted.

He said the best thing for now is to try and make your mid-eff last as long as you reasonable can.
I think I got the terminology wrong...my 95% efficient furnace would likely be classified a High-Efficient...I think you can get furnaces which are 96 or 97% efficient.
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