Our house currently has a natural gas forced air furnace that we ve been thinking about adding central air conditioning.
Adding ac coil to furnace.
This is the video of a furnace coil unit install.
Air conditioning can t be installed on a boiler radiant heat systems.
You should be able to add a coil onto your furnace.
An evaporator coil must be added to the furnace.
Follow the installation instructions for the add on cabinet which vary by model.
10 years ago and runs fine.
What is needed to add air conditioning to my furnace.
Look you can probably infer from the topics above when you should not replace your furnace and air conditioner at the same time.
However just to beat a dead horse here let s discuss a couple of times that you should definitely keep and use your old furnace with a new air.
The current installation was built in 1968 but the furnace was updated approx.
If you have a forced air furnace the refrigerant pipes are connected to a cooling coil system fitted into the furnace air handler.
If that won t work because of space limitations the contractor will fabricate a separate sheet metal plenum.
You must have a central furnace with duct work.
An a coil sits on top of the furnace blower or on the bottom of the furnace unit depending on the furnace model.
If space is a concern purchase an add on cabinet for the a coil.
Sometimes it goes right into the existing plenum.
Show me the fair price for a new ac furnace.
In the case of an upflow vertical furnace the coil will sit on.
The process of adding an ac to a furnace is simple enough it should cost around 3 500 4 000 for parts and labor and take no more than a few days.
When added to an existing forced air heating system central air for a 000 square foot home costs 5to 0and can be done by two technicians in two to three days often with little or no change to the ducting.
If you re worried about your budget some states actually offer rebates and financial aid if you install energy efficient units.
Adding central air conditioning to an existing forced air heating system means you can be rid of noisy dripping window ac units forever.
And because the ductwork to distribute the cooled air.