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We just had a replacement gas furnace installed by Burien Natural Gas Service. They were out 1 day to estimate and did the install the next morning. I asked if perhaps a slightly more powerful fan would be a good idea as we were thinking about putting in AC in the future. They did this and I’m delighted with the results. The house heats in about half the time of the old gas furnace.

I’ve had many quotes, and these folks came in the most reasonable and were not heavily laden with the BS I received from a number of other companies. I could tell you many stores about the lies other folks do, but 1 will suffice:

Another company came out to provide an estimate. I told them I wanted a single stage 80% efficient gas furnace. That is what was being replaced. The old furnace was in place for close to 30 years and worked fine until about the last year. I also said that we are thinking of adding air conditioning in the future. They insisted on doing a bogus “space analysis,” in which the idiot estimator all but demanded access to every room in the house. I refused and she actually got angry. Then when the quote came back, they insisted that only a 90% efficient unit would do. They wanted to abandon the in-place and perfectly functioning exhaust system and install their own, they demanded that they install the coil for the A/C unit, and they wanted to do this at a cost to me of almost $6,000.00. I could imagine a few utterly useless and pricy add-ons that they would demand at installation time as well. Naturally they didn’t get the job.

The guy I worked with at Burien Gas Service is named Jeremy. He was honest, gave me a very reasonable price (about $2,600), and as I said, extraordinarily fast service.

Also I debate the wisdom of using a heat pump verses a gas furnace. A heat pump will provide A/C as well as heating, so it is somewhat less costly than having a furnace and an A/C unit, but there is no way on this planet that a heat pump is less costly to operate than a gas furnace. The reason is the cost per thermal unit. Electricity is far far more costly than natural gas. Look it up for yourself and make an informed decision.

Note that I have no relation with the companies mentioned other than as a customer.

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We just had a replacement gas furnace installed by Burien Natural Gas Service. They were out 1 day to estimate and did the install the next morning. I asked if perhaps a slightly more powerful fan would be a good idea as we were thinking about putting in AC in the future. They did this and I’m delighted with the results. The house heats in about half the time of the old gas furnace.

I’ve had many quotes, and these folks came in the most reasonable and were not heavily laden with the BS I received from a number of other companies. I could tell you many stores about the lies other folks do, but 1 will suffice:

Another company came out to provide an estimate. I told them I wanted a single stage 80% efficient gas furnace. That is what was being replaced. The old furnace was in place for close to 30 years and worked fine until about the last year. I also said that we are thinking of adding air conditioning in the future. They insisted on doing a bogus “space analysis,” in which the idiot estimator all but demanded access to every room in the house. I refused and she actually got angry. Then when the quote came back, they insisted that only a 90% efficient unit would do. They wanted to abandon the in-place and perfectly functioning exhaust system and install their own, they demanded that they install the coil for the A/C unit, and they wanted to do this at a cost to me of almost $6,000.00. I could imagine a few utterly useless and pricy add-ons that they would demand at installation time as well. Naturally they didn’t get the job.

The guy I worked with at Burien Gas Service is named Jeremy. He was honest, gave me a very reasonable price (about $2,600), and as I said, extraordinarily fast service.

Also I debate the wisdom of using a heat pump verses a gas furnace. A heat pump will provide A/C as well as heating, so it is somewhat less costly than having a furnace and an A/C unit, but there is no way on this planet that a heat pump is less costly to operate than a gas furnace. The reason is the cost per thermal unit. Electricity is far far more costly than natural gas. Look it up for yourself and make an informed decision.

Note that I have no relation with the companies mentioned other than as a customer.

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