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.