Gas Furnaces: Smaller, yet More Powerful
Perhaps the most satisfying change outs to me are going from oil to natural gas. There’s always a dramatic reduction in the size of the equipment as well as an increase in the efficiency. Customers love the results. Gas furnaces are easier on their wallets and quieter. People are more comfortable in their homes with a new, efficient gas furnace, and they get some square footage back.
Older 80% Oil Furnace
This older oil furnace above is no exception. While natural gas has been available for more than 20 years, this old, loud, inefficient oil burner is still clunking along.
80% American Standard Gas Furnace
A Properly Sized Furnace Will Save Money
The existing oil furnace was too large for the home. The new, smaller-sized American Standard 80% gas furnace is a perfect match. Now the home won’t over shoot in temperature and the customer will start saving money. We added a liner to the existing masonry chimney and installed a Honeywell 4″ pleated air filter in to the return system. The Honeywell filter will improve indoor air quality and the comfort of the home’s occupants.
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Strange Heating System Installs
I have seen some pretty weird heating system installations. Some make me wonder why the installer put all the effort into short cutting when it would have been faster to do it right. This is one of those.
York 80% Furnace.
Many times, when we find a messy, complex, or non-standard install we know that the previous installer was not a true professional. These systems are usually less efficient and less reliable than they were designed by the manufacturer to be. Saving a few dollars on an install can often cost much more over the years.
95% 2-stage variable-speed American Standard furnace
Simplify for the Win
We adapted the new American Standard 95% efficiency 2-stage variable-speed gas furnace into the existing duct system. Some simple modifications were made to the supply and return plena. A new PVC vent pipe and a new condensate drain line were run. Everything else simply bolted right up, and it worked great when we were done.
It is incredibly satisfying to walk in to a mess of complexity and inefficiency and leave behind a beautiful, clean, and simple heating system that the owner will enjoy for many years.
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This older Lennox 80% Furnace had a control board that went beyond having a hot spot. The existing board actually caught fire and caused some alarm in the home.
Older Lennox 80% Furnace
When your furnace gets beyond 10 years of age we usually(based on expense) like to give our customers the option of repairing or replacing. And in this case you have to consider the cost of the control board and any other unknown electrical part that has failed.
New Variable Speed 2 stage 95% American Standard Furnace
If you have not figured this out by now by reading our posts is that the American Standard 95% 2 stage Variable speed gas furnace is our favorite furnace to install. We have had almost zero warranty issues caused by the manufacture. That being said we have had installation issues .. .primarily getting a good slope on the drain line when existing the right side of the cabinet. Its very hard to do with all the components in the way. BUT as you can see the furnace slipped right in to place with very little modifications. Venting changed and a condensate line added.
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On January 3, 2013 President Obama signed legislation designed to avoid the “fiscal cliff” and keep rates from increasing for every American who pays taxes. In Addition to its many other tax provisions, the bill retroactively reinstates the 25C tax credits for highly efficient HVAC and water heating equipment that expired at the end of 2011.
Read the full document here.
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There is nothing worse for a technician than to get dispatched to a no heat call and then upon arrival finding out the furnace is working correctly. He will run it through all its cycles several times and find absolutely nothing wrong with the furnace.
Furnace Control Board
And of course if the technician leaves without finding the issue the customer will call back within days and complain the furnace is not working again. This is very frustrating for both the technician and the customer, especially if he shows up for the 2nd time to find the furnace is still working just fine. We have found under these circumstances that the furnace control board is more than likely the issue. The picture above shows what appears to be a perfectly good control board.
Furnace Control Board under.
Its after you flip the board over and inspect it that you will see a hot spot on the board. Its hot spots like the one above that will cause intermittent issues with the furnace operation. Sometimes the furnace works great .. other times it short cycles and blows cold air. These issues will get gradually worse over time. Simply turning the board over can save a technician a lot of time.
The hard thing to overcome for a technician is being 100% confident that this is the issue with the furnace, after all it is a expensive repair. But in almost every case that we have changed the control board under these circumstances the erratic operation went away. And if you do not change the control board you may end up with a possible fire hazard as shown above.
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OK .. I know I have posted this type of damage before, but just in case some of you don’t know what your crawl space looks like I thought i would post another picture.
Damaged Cross Over
In this case this is a mobile home located on a beach front, otters have been coming in under the home and having some fun with the crossover. The crossover delivers heat from one section of the home to the other section of the home. Cutting into a crossover will cost you dearly in energy costs if its not repaired. So we removed the existing flexible ducting that made up the crossover and replaced it with metal.
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Need a Heat Pump, Air Conditioner, Furnace, Boiler, Ductless, Mini-Split or Tankless Water Heater? We install them all over Skagit county including Mount Vernon WA, Burlington WA, Anacortes, Sedro Woolley, La Conner, Stanwood WA, and on Camano Is.
My new customer was referred to Alpine by several sources … referrals is properly 90% of our business, its nice to know quality still pays off in such slow times.
Older York 80% Gas Furnace.
As you can see the existing York 80% furnace sits on a base can located in the garage. The weird part of the existing system was that the sheet rock came all the way down to the top of the furnace. It made for a little uncertainty when bidding but realistically you can pretty much tell how the ducting ran.
American Standard 95% Variable 2 Stage with Filter
After removing the existing furnace and part of the base can we cut the sheet rock up to allow for the new American Standard 95% 2 stage variable speed furnace, heat pump coil and Honeywell 4″ filter bank. By adding a heat pump coil at this point and time it allows my customer to add on a heat pump or AC at a later date without making major modifications to the existing ducting.
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Need a Heat Pump, Air Conditioner, Furnace, Boiler, Ductless, Mini-Split or Tankless Water Heater? We install them all over Skagit county including Mount Vernon WA, Burlington WA, Anacortes, Sedro Woolley, La Conner, Stanwood WA, and on Camano Is.
This Payne 80% gas furnace was flooded out by a water leak from the floor above. Because of the extend of damages my customers insurance company decided to replace the unit.
Flooded 80% Furnace
The new American Standard 80% gas furnace slipped right into place with only some slight modifications to the supply ducting, everything else bolted right up.
American Standard NG 80% Furnace
We did add a filter access door in the existing return ducting to make it a little easier for the home owner to replace their filter. I really hate having to access a filter from inside the furnace.
Heating And Cooling Skagit County
Need a Heat Pump, Air Conditioner, Furnace, Boiler, Ductless, Mini-Split or Tankless Water Heater? We install them all over Skagit county including Mount Vernon WA, Burlington WA, Anacortes, Sedro Woolley, La Conner, Stanwood WA, and on Camano Is.