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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Its not very often, but it does happen. A furnace installed in the wrong direction, well at least in my opinion its facing the wrong direction.
Rheem furnace facing wrong direction
Here you see a RHEEM 80% gas furnace facing into the garage. As you can see theres a tool box pushed up against the front of the furnace which makes it very tough to change a filter, never mind servicing.
New American Standard 95% 2 stage variable speed furnace.
As you can see above we installed the new American Standard 95% 2 stage variable speed gas furnace 180 degrees from where it was originally. Giving the home owner and service technician easy access. We also added a Honeywell F100 filter bank into the return system for even better filtration 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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Many years ago I install tons of Lennox Pulse furnaces, and I absolutely hated them. Not only were extremely heavy, they were extremely loud. The very first thing out of the customers mouth was “wow this furnace is noisy”.
Lennox Pulse Furnace
The nice thing about Lennox pulse furnaces is replacing them. The American Standard 95% Variable 2-Stage is a little shorter making it easier to retro fit in … and the American Standard is VERY quiet compared to the Lennox.
New 95% 2 Stage Variable American Standard
As you can tell the American Standard 95% 2 stage variable fit right into place with a few minor duct changes. Because our customer was complaining about a musty smell in their home as well as concerns over filtration we installed a F300 Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaner as well as a Sun-Pure UV light system. I also added a low wall return duct to help pull cold air off the floor.
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.
The existing Trane 80% 2 stage furnace was going on 18 years and getting to the point where it made no sense to through money into it any longer, my customer had done their research and really wanted a modulating furnace. They wanted more comfort as well as energy savings.
Existing Trane 80% 2 Stage
The new American Standard furnace is physically larger but will operated at a much lower BTU than the older 2 stage Trane. This combined with a high efficient blower motor operating in a ventilation mode will make the home a lot more comfortable and more efficient.
New American Standard 95% Modulating Variable Speed furnace.
As you can see I had to make an base can transition for under the furnace than I installed a Honeywell 4″ pleated air filter above the unit. New PVC venting went up through the existing roof opening. A drain line was added to drain of condensate and then to finish it up we replaced their thermostat with an American Standard communicating programmable thermostat.
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.
When it comes to relocating a furnace location it could have not been any easier than this. Here we have a home that was recently purchased and the new owner wanted more space.
Existing York 80% Furnace
The existing York furnace was located right smack dab in the middle of the home, right next to the living room. I personally would hate to have to turn up my TV just because the furnace just kicked on. So after looking around home we noticed how much room was in the attic.
Old Location Of Furnace
Here we have a picture of the old furnace location and the closet gone. Amazing how much room was gained.
New Furnace Location
The New American Standard 80% furnace and Honeywell 4″ pleated filter system was easily installed horizontally in the attic over the old location. We ran a new return air system in to the hallway and reused the existing venting.
New Return Ducting
We ran a new supply duct down from the new furnace and tied back into the existing supply ducting. The gas line tucked behind the supply duct and ran to the new furnace.
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.