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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
Nooooooooooo thank you. Much prefer the older ones.
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Stupid question, but is there an actual market for those old 80s furnaces, or are you just a lone odd ball clinging on to the one you have like it's life or death?
My understanding is that those 1980s furnaces are like 60% efficient and newer high efficiency furnaces are like 90%+ or around 50% efficiencies in fuel costs plus more bells and whistles, so I don't get why anyone would prefer to stay with the old style other than upfront cost.
But I have met a few individuals who like you who actually appreciate the 1980s types units and will swap to a newer style only if it's impossible to get an older unit.
I have two of these things in my new home. If someone was crazy enough to make it worth my while by chipping in a few hundred bucks, helping to speed up the removal (thus lowering an install cost) and hauling the damn thing away of their own accord, I would be dumb not to consider it. The scenario is obviously completely unlikely IMO. The utility room is super toasty when both furnaces are on heating the upper floors. This is super different than the HE unit I have in the townhouse I currently live in.
https://www.furnaceprices.ca/region/...naces-calgary/
This says HE furnaces are around $3-6K each (Let's say $5K to be conservative). But I'd probably opt to do a single higher end unit that can do 3 independent zones, output enough for whole home as 2 furnaces and takes up less utility room real estate.
I just blew $40K to get the home ready it for moving in (So much freaking chemical smell!) so I was expecting to stretch any additional work as long as I can and eating the extra couple hundred per month on heating bills.
Another stupid question. If two projects are on the table for a similar price and of the two you can only do one, which makes sense to do first? Furnace replacement, or windows replacement? Both offer efficiencies and utilities savings after they are completed, but does one offer more? Or are they both essentially equal? (Windows do offer an additional aesthetic offerings if done first though which is my thoughts).