Hi,
I'm in the final stages of a home addition, and have come to find out that my contractor installed furnaces different from what the architects plans called for.
The plans were fininshed in 2004, and the architect called for a pair of Carrier 58MCA-060, one for the first floor and unfinished basement, and a second one for the second floor. It seems this specific model is no longer made.
My builder used Weather King instead. In the basement he installed a 93.5 afue unit (to service the basement and first floor). In the attic he installed an 80 afue unit. FWIW, the second floor is actually larger than the first because it sits over a garage. I didn't find anything labelled "model number" so I don't know the model numbers for the Weather Kings, but the yellow afue stickers are still on there (with a long set of numbers at the bottom.) Here are my questions.
I don't know brands, and I've never heard of Weather King before, how does it compare to Carrier?
What kind of price difference normally exists between "comparable" Carrier and Weather King models (for the furnace only, not installation, and sized like the 58MCA-060)? Thanks
S