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Old 11-28-2007, 06:06 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I just got my first estimate for Heatpump with oil furnace and it was $12000!

Holy crap! Mine was installed by Southern MD Oil and it was $8K, and I thought that was a bit steep.
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Old 11-28-2007, 06:27 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Could you imagine someone charging that bill on a credit card for about 18% interest?

And why would I care? None of my business what other's do with their money.
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Old 11-28-2007, 08:05 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Holy crap! Mine was installed by Southern MD Oil and it was $8K, and I thought that was a bit steep.
That was for the high end super delux stuff.

And Patch the company offers 1 year interest free financing.
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Old 11-28-2007, 08:11 PM   #24 (permalink)
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That was for the high end super delux stuff.
What ton and what SEER? Mine's a 4 ton 15 SEER I believe. I should have asked about having a humidifier installed, but it totally slipped my mind.
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Old 11-28-2007, 09:20 PM   #25 (permalink)
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My understanding of "interest free for a year" goes like this: if you don't pay back the money within that 12 month window, then the quoted interest rate kicks in, AND, you pay back the interest accumulated during that first year that would have been free if you had of paid it back within that 12 month time frame...

Agree?
That is exactly the way it works, as long as your not stupid its really a big advantage.
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Old 11-28-2007, 09:21 PM   #26 (permalink)
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What ton and what SEER? Mine's a 4 ton 15 SEER I believe. I should have asked about having a humidifier installed, but it totally slipped my mind.
A 2 ton 19 SEER multi speed Heatpump with an 83% AFUE Efficient multispeed Oil furnace, humidifier, and electronic air filter.
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:14 PM   #27 (permalink)
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A 2 ton 19 SEER multi speed Heatpump with an 83% AFUE Efficient multispeed Oil furnace, humidifier, and electronic air filter.

I wanted to go with a higher SEER, but they said no can do with the size of the unit. I think we'd have had to go with two separate units. I do have the multi-speed oil furnace though. It seems to help a lot with evening out the temperature. Used to have super warm rooms and super cold rooms. Now it's all good.

My previous unit was circa 1978, was definitely time for an upgrade.
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Old 11-29-2007, 07:00 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I just got my first estimate for Heatpump with oil furnace and it was $12000!
My husband says that's insane. Says he does a rough in on a new house for way less than that.
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Old 11-29-2007, 04:51 PM   #29 (permalink)
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I just got the second contractors estimates in the mail and they were literally half of what the first one was.

A low of just $2800 for replacing the oil furnace only and a high of around $6000 for a hybrid system, not the highest end stuff (Armstrong vs Trane) but damn what a difference.
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Old 11-29-2007, 08:36 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Keep in mind that you can buy HVAC equipment yourself online, then have someone install it...

That'll cut the equipment profit out of the deal...
But whats to say they just don't increase the labor cost to make up for that?
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