Furnace replacement recommendations

[Rocket1k78]

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How do you usually find out your exchanger is cracked? I really don't want to replace our mid-efficiency but it's a model known for exchanger cracking issues.

Carrier? if yes that was what i replaced due to the heat exchanger. 12 year old unit and the first deep freeze in the new to us house it would shut off. Had a guy come and gave me the bad news

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You can, but nobody stocks it so it's a long wait, and it costs almost as much as a new high efficiency furnace. It's quite the racket.

Bingo. Heat exchanger was 2400 and a whole new furnace was 3800(december 2020).

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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Carrier? if yes that was what i replaced due to the heat exchanger. 12 year old unit and the first deep freeze in the new to us house it would shut off. Had a guy come and gave me the bad news

Yessir, Carrier 58PAV. As mentioned, I've looked for any flame rollout and don't see any, so I'm hopeful. Will try the match test sometime.

[RX_EVOLV]

bump!

My parent's 10+ year old furnace needs replacing. Apparently the heat exchanger is gone and it's better to just replace the unit than to attempt the repair.

Any beyond recommendations?

[ExtraSlow]

mid-efficient.

[suntan]

Smuggle heat exchanger.

[cidley69]

After getting quotes from 12 different HVAC companies, most of teh bigger name recognition ones included, believe a winner has been found.

Leaning towards a York 98% modulating (YP9C) 100 BTU model.

Internet reviewf of furnaces are hard to find, but I can't find anythign negative online, which might be a good sign.

Anyone have experience with this brand?

[cancer man]

3 weeks ago i got 80000 btu bookman 10 year warranty. Replaced my lenox of 50 years old that damn near killed us with monoxide. 5445.00 all in including two electrical heaters to keep some rooms heated. 96% efficient plus did upgrades to the hot water tank lined the chimney. ALL day project.He said you won't notice a difference in the gas bill but your electrical you will notice a difference. 2 new detectors .

[Rocket1k78]

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3 weeks ago i got 80000 btu bookman 10 year warranty. Replaced my lenox of 50 years old that damn near killed us with monoxide. 5445.00 all in including two electrical heaters to keep some rooms heated. 96% efficient plus did upgrades to the hot water tank lined the chimney. ALL day project.He said you won't notice a difference in the gas bill but your electrical you will notice a difference. 2 new detectors .

You cant be mad at the furnace for 50 years of service lol Mine was only 13 years old and wouldve dumped carbon monoxide like a mofo too had we not caught the problem. These new furnaces are a fucking joke. I had one in another house that was 32 years old and not 1 issue.

[Tik-Tok]

With all this furnace talk, I figured I should check my old ass 40 year old one. Looks like it's finally time to retire it from the house. Heat exchanger definitely has a small crack that wasn't there last time I check it (with the match method). Not bad enough to have to immediately replace it though, so I think I'll wait until April and have AC installed as well.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Any suggestions for a company to do a tune up on a 12 year old Goodman? It started having problems starting this weekend showing a failed gas solenoid code, but after I cycled the switch on the gas solenoid (Honeywell) and checked all the connectors seems to be working fine now. Looks like the last service was in 2014, long before we bought the house.

[thinmyster]

hogg home services did our replacement. Would recommend them. They were suggested by the large furnace parts place in calgary

[msommers]

Decided we need to have someone take a look at our venting system, seem if the humidifier and HRV are working correctly etc. I saw Pete the Plumber mentioned a few times. Anyone else?

Along the same vein, is there a way to check the 'health' of a hot water tank? Read some horror stories of it just leaking a crazy amount as the only sign it needed to be replaced... It's aging sure but still seems to work perfectly fine, we never have a shortage of hot water.

[suntan]

Contact Lancelot Furnace. He’s very honest.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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Along the same vein, is there a way to check the 'health' of a hot water tank? Read some horror stories of it just leaking a crazy amount as the only sign it needed to be replaced... It's aging sure but still seems to work perfectly fine, we never have a shortage of hot water.

Not that I know of. How old is it, and when was the last time the anode rod was replaced?


Speaking of furnaces, ours passed the match test with no problems so I'm more confident it will last for a while. Ordered a Mars 10860 ECM motor to retrofit as I'd like to run the blower motor 24/7 to even out the basement temp a bit better without it costing a fortune.

[ExtraSlow]

ECM motor is a very worthwhile upgrade. I didn't get the mars, as I needed it asap and could only find evergreen on a Saturday. Still quite happy, but wish I had the mars with programmer for recreational tweaking.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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ECM motor is a very worthwhile upgrade. I didn't get the mars, as I needed it asap and could only find evergreen on a Saturday. Still quite happy, but wish I had the mars with programmer for recreational tweaking.

Nice, good to hear! Did you install it yourself?

[ExtraSlow]

Yes. It was not complex, but I had issues with the. Umber and colors of thermostat wires which I dealt with. My hours wktwing was completely fixxored

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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Yes. It was not complex, but I had issues with the. Umber and colors of thermostat wires which I dealt with. My hours wktwing was completely fixxored

Bruh it's too early to be this drunk.

But good to hear it's not super tough. I did the last PCM replacement on this furnace so this should be ok.

[msommers]

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Not that I know of. How old is it, and when was the last time the anode rod was replaced?

It's the original unit from a 2012 build. So it's right in that age-bracket to consider replacing before something happens. Any brands to stick to? I know zero things about hot water tanks (not going tankless is all I know).

[suntan]

If it's fine see if you can just change the anode rod.

If you want to replace go Rheem. Pete the Plumber can do it. No one can seem to match their prices.