New Gas Furnace Installation Cost

  I recently hired someone to install a new gas furnace in my home (the
old one was basically destroyed during a flood in July). About a month
or so ago, he dropped the furnace off (I prepaid for the furnace but
not installation). Since then he has dropped off the face of the earth
and stopped returning my phone calls.

I had someone else out to give me a quote on installation costs, and
was quoted $850.00 for the install. This is for a 92% efficiency
Tappan unit, which he said would be a fairly straightforward install
(2-3 hours or so with an assistant). The new unit is smaller, so some
of the piping and metalwork would have to be modified, but he said the
gas line and electric would be fine as is. I don't require a new
thermostat. I was wondering if this is a reasonable price for this
amount of work? It seemed a bit high to me, but I really have no basis
for comparison as I've never had work of this sort done in the past.

I'm most likely going to get another quote or two, but I thought
someone here might be able to give me an idea. It's becoming more
imperative now that the weather is getting colder, since we have no
heat.

 How much did you pay and for waht size and model unit. You should persue
him to do it

  On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:12:58 -0500, ransley@webtv.net (m Ransley)
wrote:


I paid just over $1300, it's a 92% 100,000BTU Tappan. If it were
earlier in the year, I would consider pursuing him to do the job, but
since I did not pay him anything for installation costs I'm just
looking to get the furnace installed for a reasonable price.

It's 43F outside right now and I have no way of heating my house, so
my main issue is getting this furnace installed before it gets much
colder, or starts snowing. I don't really have the time to waste on
trying to get the original installer to answer my calls.

 The only way you are going to find out is if you make some phone calls
and get some quotes.  The prices you did mention sound cheap to me,
but...

 
Seems cheap, especially if it includes all necessary hardware, venting, gas
pipe, what ever!
Be careful, you got a "deal" once already! Be sure the installer is
licensed, and most of all, knows what he is doing! The best price is often
not the best deal. If the installer "hacks" it in and screws it up, it may
cost you much more in service over the years!
Greg