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How many btu? How many sq feet or meters are you trying to heat or cool? Are you in the U.S.? What brand? $2500 seems low or for a small living space. copie

by vmh1928 5y ago

How many btu? How many sq feet or meters are you trying to heat or cool? Are you in the U.S.? What brand? $2500 seems low or for a small living space. copied from the web (so you know it's true.) "30 BTU of heating output per 1 sq ft of living space. For every sq ft of living space, you need about 30 BTU of heating output. That means, for example, that for a 1,000 sq ft home, you would require a 30,000 BTU heat pump (that's a 2.5-ton heat pump)." Cost from 2021 (so it's more now with shortages and inflation.) For $2500 USD you are under 2 tons. https://www.avsheatingandair.com/hvac-cost/heat-pump-installation-cost/ https://www.avsheatingandair.com/hvac-cost/heat-pump-install...

andrew_ 5y ago
> Are you in the U.S.? Indeed > What brand? Carrier. 2.5 ton. In fairness, you reference a single retailer. And that's really important here - retailers will always have a significant markup. You want to go to a wholesaler like CE [1] for a good deal. Most HVAC wholesalers and suppliers will give walk-ins an above wholesale price, which is still less than retail. > For $2500 USD you are under 2 tons. Certainly not. Perhaps with installation, but not the equipment. Here's some super lazy validation https://www.google.com/search?q=carrier+2.5+ton+heat+pump&sxsrf=APq-WBtI_-LjAMTlSAnS7FDQoE1hAxn_2A:1646754616053&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWxK__7rb2AhXFSjABHZYeA7sQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1685&bih=935&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=carrier+2.5+ton+heat+pump&sx... [1] https://www.carrierenterprise.com/search.html?query=heat%20pump https://www.carrierenterprise.com/search.html?query=heat%20p...
- bal00ns 5y ago
  Most people are not able to install a heat pump themselves. I consider myself a fairly technical DIY sort of person but was not comfortable installing it myself. Installation is going to be the majority of the cost for the typical person buying a new heat pump.
  - andrew_ 5y ago
    The labor to install mine was $450. Granted I'm in the Southeast of the U.S. so YMMV, but that is not universally true and shouldn't be stated as such.

andrew_ 5y ago

> Are you in the U.S.? Indeed > What brand? Carrier. 2.5 ton. In fairness, you reference a single retailer. And that's really important here - retailers will always have a significant markup. You want to go to a wholesaler like CE [1] for a good deal. Most HVAC wholesalers and suppliers will give walk-ins an above wholesale price, which is still less than retail. > For $2500 USD you are under 2 tons. Certainly not. Perhaps with installation, but not the equipment. Here's some super lazy validation https://www.google.com/search?q=carrier+2.5+ton+heat+pump&sxsrf=APq-WBtI_-LjAMTlSAnS7FDQoE1hAxn_2A:1646754616053&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWxK__7rb2AhXFSjABHZYeA7sQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1685&bih=935&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=carrier+2.5+ton+heat+pump&sx... [1] https://www.carrierenterprise.com/search.html?query=heat%20pump https://www.carrierenterprise.com/search.html?query=heat%20p...

bal00ns 5y ago
Most people are not able to install a heat pump themselves. I consider myself a fairly technical DIY sort of person but was not comfortable installing it myself. Installation is going to be the majority of the cost for the typical person buying a new heat pump.
- andrew_ 5y ago
  The labor to install mine was $450. Granted I'm in the Southeast of the U.S. so YMMV, but that is not universally true and shouldn't be stated as such.