This 90% Kenmore furnace has long out lived its life, my customer being a retired engineer was able to keep it going much longer than expected. The secondary heat exchangers where partially clogged making the furnace operate poorly and getting to the point of being a serious safety hazard.
Sears Kenmore 90%
There are not to many occasions when I get to meet the person who actually installed a furnace that IM replacing, my customer did a very good job installing the original furnace, but a good installation out lived its youthfulness in this case.
2 Stage American Standard Variable Speed Furnace
The new American Standard 95% 2 Stage Variable speed furnace slide right in to place. I had to make a simple supply transition to adapt to the existing supply duct, added a Honeywell F100 4″ pleated air filter system and then re-connect up to the existing venting and condensate. It doesn’t get much easier than this.
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I have found especially with customers with boilers, a safety replacement factor. Meaning the customer has lost faith that their boiler is a safe peice of equipment, regardless of how much money they can throw at it…. for their peice of mind they really would prefer to replace it.
In this case the boiler had experienced a flame roll out, meaning flames rolled out of the burn chamber and shorted out the igniter wires, this of coarse sent a electrical burning smell throughout the home. After inspection and talking to the home owner we both came to the conclusion it was time for replacement.
Existing Weil Mclain boiler
Above is the Weil Mclain boiler that is 28+ years old, even though the cast boiler section is sound, most of the components are still 28+ years old. Never mind looking into the reason for the flame roll out … more than likely a plugged section in the boiler.
New Weil Mclain Boiler
As you can see the new Weil Mclain boiler slid right into place. The pump, zone valves, thermostats, drain valves and expansion tank where all replaced at the same time. We added Dielectric unions to the supply and return lines.
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This older Amana 90% furnace was done, and unfortunately for the sellers of the home it was time to have it replaced. But fortunately for the buyers the we are replacing the furnace.
Hidden furnace room
In the picture above you see a nice wood sided wall, believe it or not it is removable and does hide the furnace very well, but is a major pain in the butt to service the unit.
Older Amana 90% Furnace
Once the wall was removed you could see the older Amana unit. What really struck me weird was the filter system was unaccessible because of the drain system located directly in front of the door.
New 95% American Standard Furnace
Above is the new American Standard 95% furnace installed in the same location, a base can was add to lift the furnace off the floor and then drain system was routed out of the right of the unit, this of coarse freed up access to the existing Honeywell filter system.
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Here we have a Thermopride oil furnace that almost looks new, Thermopride is considered by many heating contractors to be the best oil furnace on the market. This is probably why American Standard uses Thermopride to manufacture their oil furnaces.
Thermopride Oil Furnace
One of the biggest challenges going from oil heat to A Heat Pump is the air discharge temperature, oil heat can deliver very hot air, much hotter than a Heat Pumps. So customers are use to that nice hot air blowing out of the supply ducts. Heat Pumps deliver a more efficient discharge air temperature.
American Standard Forefront Air Handler
The American Standard Forefront Variable Speed Airhandler shown above combined with an American Standard 16 Seer 2 Stage Heat Pump is an awesome combination. Delivering high efficient heating and cooling. We included a Honeywell VisionIAQ thermostat to control the dual fuel system.
American Standard 16 Seer 2 Stage Heat Pump
The American Standard 16 Seer 2 Stage Heat Pump installed like a dream. American Standard does a fabulous job providing control voltage diagrams for any application. One of my biggest concerns with any Heat Pump is the noise, once this unit was fired up all my concerns where gone. Runs very quiet in both stages.
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This older York 80% furnace is done, parts where starting to be thrown at it and finally the question came up “is it worth it or should we buy a new furnace”. Anytime your furnace is 10 plus years old and your starting to look at a major repair, its time to really consider a new furnace.
Older York 80% Furnace.
The existing York was an upflow model, not a typical install for the Northwest. In an upflow model the heated air gets delivered upward into ducting, usually when the furnace is located in the basement.
New American Standard 80% Gas Furnace
As you can see above I had to make a small supply transition on top of the furnace. The new American Standard 80% furnace is a little bit smaller than the older York furnace. I field fabricated the return air connection. Everything else bolted right up.
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Once again I find myself replacing another Rheem furnace, this Rheem furnace was getting to costly to repair so my customer elected to upgrade to an American Standard 95% variable 2 speed furnace.
Going from an 80% furnace to a high efficient 95% furnace requires some modifications to the system. Primarily running a new PVC vent system and adding a drain system.
95% American Standard Variable Speed 2 stage
In this case the furnace was in the garage so running the PVC vent was pretty easy as well was the condensate drain line.
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This Lennox 80% gas furnace has seen it last day, its time for a serious upgrade to an American Standard 95% 2 stage variable speed furnace. My favorite furnace to install.
Older Lennox 80% Furnace
After meeting with my customer it was decided to install the new American Standard furnace 90 degrees. This would give the owner more room and make it easier for servicing down the road.
New American Standard 95% 2 stage variable speed furnace
As you can see above by turning the furnace and sliding it to the left it really cleaned up the space. I had to modify the existing return air ducting to accept a new filter system, fab/install a new supply transition and add a condensate pump to the system because there was no floor drain available.
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This older farm house 80% gas furnace has seen better days, pure and simply my customer is lucky to be alive after seeing the crack in this heat exchanger. Fortunately for them the older home has a lot of infiltration which allowed for good ventilation.
Older 80% Furnace Cracked Exchangers
The furnace above is not a uncommon sight for technicians in Skagit County. The older farm house’s that did not have basements eventually had furnaces installed in closets within the home. This one is accessed from the living room.
Crack in 80% gas furnace
As you can see above the crack is pretty obvious, and from the coloring you can tell this was a serious hot spot on the exchanger. Causing a lot of stretching and expanding as it operated, until it eventually caused a serious crack.
New American Standard 80% Gas Furnace.
The new American Standard 80% single stage furnace fit right into place. For this customer a simple 80% to 80% change out is all they where after. It really does not get any simpler than this.
Heating And Cooling Skagit County
Need a Heat Pump, Air Conditioner, Furnace, Boiler 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.