Another Arcoaire 90% gas furnace goes to the scrap yard as a new American Standard 95% single stage takes its place.
Arcoaire 90% gas furnace.
Not only is the new American Standard 95% single stage furnace shorter, it is also has a smaller foot print. All we simply had to was to make and install a small transition to attach to the existing return ducting and then blank off a small portion on the supply base can.
95% single stage gas furnace.
Seeing how the existing furnace was a 90% efficient model we where able to utilize the existing PVC venting as well as the existing drain line.
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My newest customers just moved here from Florida only to find out both of their Payne 80% furnaces have cracked heat exchangers. This is not uncommon, in fact its rare not to find cracks in the heat exchangers of this particular brand/model of furnace.
Existing Payne 80% Gas Furnace.
The 2nd floor Payne 80% Furnace was an up-flow furnace. Meaning it blows the hot air upward into the attic where the heated air is delivered through ducts overhead into each the rooms.
American Standard 95% variable speed 2 stage
As you can see above the new American Standard 95% 2 stage Variable speed furnace has a little larger foot print, some simple transitions helped us slip the new furnace right into place. A condensate pump was added to remove condensation and the venting changed to PVC.
1st Floor Payne 80% furnace
The 1st floor Payne 80% furnace was your typical down-flow furnace, blowing the hot air downward into the crawl space, then ducted to floor registers through out the home.
1st Floor American Standard 95% Variable 2 Stage
The new American Standard 95% 2 Stage Variable furnace again was a larger foot print, but a simple transition and new basecan made it very easy to slip into place. The venting changed to PVC and condensate line ran into the existing drain system.
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This older Rheem 80% gas furnace was starting to cost my customer some serious money, money my customer would rather invest in to a new furnace.
Existing Rheem gas furnace
And like most standard 80% furnaces installed during this time frame there is no real access to the filters. The customer has to open the furnace and reach up in to the ducting to replace them.
An American Standard 80% Furnace.
The new American Standard 80% furnace has the exact foot print as the Rheem, this makes very easy for replacement. I added a Honeywell F100 filter bank for easier access and better filtration. The F100 also is convertible to the F300 if their looking for even better filtration down the road.
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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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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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