Choosing a furnace

As the owner of a company that has ALL service techs NATE certified, and being NATE certified myself, I may be a bit prejudiced.

I will, however, say that anyone who has passed the NATE test has a proven record of technical competence.

Cheap in my part of the country-

Hardly covers my costs-

Again, hardly covers my costs-

Go to the NATE web site and read.

I don't know how this ranks, but I had to fix a friend's furnace when she bought a couple of years ago:

The installer had put the filter holder on the side of the furnace opposite the ducts. The filter was right up against the wall of the furnace. I had to remove the filter track and re-install it on the side where the ducts were. There were a bunch of little bits to tidy up in the process.

My guess was that it was installed by someone who'd never seen a furnace before. Since the house was only a few years old, it was the original property developer's team of "expert builders". The warranty had expired a couple of years earlier, otherwise I would have made an amusing phone call on my friend's behalf.

Mike

LMAO...oh my. Damn, there really are stone dumbass people in every profession.

-- Todd H.

This I don't understand. These are a random sampling of 3 contractors, two very well known with all the certifications. And these prices are cheap??

is there a review website somwehere for new furnaces to compare them

yes

You dont understand there mr worldly. You live in one area of the planet. We all live in another. You dont think we all charge the same, do you? The cost of living is not the same in every area of the planet. It varies greatly. So does hvac installation. If you want more prices, get more estimates. Bubba Bubba

As long as your writing a book on dumbasses in every profession, what is

Even here in south Mississippi, those prices are at least $1000 low..... That furnace *starts* at $4,000 before you add any extra bells and whistles

When people ask questions over at your HVAC newsgroup you chase them over to here. Then you slink to this NG with your idiot comments. If you don't have anything useful to add, go back to hvac, try not to pollute this NG with what goes on at your home base. MLD

I'm going on the assumption that anyone commenting on prices are in the US. Now if they're in Canada, I could see how the prices seem low. I did quote in dollars. But one guy said he's in Mississippi and his cost would be at least 1000 more. I never thought of the city I live in as having a low cost of living. As a matter of fact, I did some quick checking and it's average or more than average. Labor here is probably not cheap, relatively speaking (Michigan). I could be wrong.

bullshit. some manufacturers (Bryant) dictate that 50% of a dealers techs are to be Nate certified. A tech can be Nate certified on oil furnaces, and yet be clueless and non-certified on heat pumps.

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Use only a MASTER SPECIALIST for your HVAC service!

Hmmm, None of aboe for me!

F*ck off.... We have educated idiots with those certs that can't tie their own shoes.. You must be one of them! The real cert is the guy that goes for his masters license and builds a business that survives and provides both employment and a service to the community.

C'mon Noon, You gotta follow along. Dont you remember? Todd is that wonderful EE we all know and love. Oh yeah, he is also a self proclaimed computer expert. :-) I think he also does brain surgery with that EE degree and solves world problems in his spare time. Bubba