Yes, I’m the same one who just had their Dishwasher fail. When it rains it pours! The heat pump was a good ol 1987 Trane, finally shorted out the motor and cannot be replaced. It used R12 anyway so it would have eventually been kaput. The furnace is a 1990 so we are just replacing it all at once.
I am wondering for those of you in cold northern climates what you recommend for full furnace and heat pump replacement brands. Some of the ones around here are:
Lennox
Carrier
Bosch
Amana
Now I’ve heard real bad things about Lennox, so I think I’ll avoid that. I think Bosch is generally really good, and Carrier is decent. This is all just hearsay.
I appreciate your guys’ help so much!!
So you are getting a heat pump and a furnace, i.e., furnace supplements the heat pump when it gets cold enough?
The main pitfalls I’ve seen with heat pumps is that people want to go with the cheapest option that “works”, so they get a base model, and they often get talked into sizing up a size. Even if they dont size up, if all you have is a heat pump, it needs to provide enough heat in winter, which can make it oversized for summer. The downside there is that it doesnt run long enough to reduce humidity. I’ve lived in multiple places with that problem.
If you have supplemental heat (furnace or even heat strips that only become necessary a few days a year), sizing can be dependent on cooling needs only, which means humidity shouldn’t be a problem. Also, if you shell out the extra money for an inverter heat pump, that ceases to be a problem.
Another consideration is potential rebates. Energy efficiency rebates often require you to buy a more efficient model.
In terms of what brand, I have no clue, I’m not someone who actually works on these systems.
Yep! Heat pump for above about 20 f or so, and the AC. Then propane furnace for real cold.
Right i heard about rebate. I need to look into that. Thanks!