Noise of your new furnace does matter; Amana vs. American Standard
From HVAC-TALK.COM:
“I be sure you’re all dying to know how things are going with my Amana furnace . So….
Last Thursday I was offered a replacement American Yardstick Freedom 80 2 stage installed for $800 (don’t taking that this is on top of the full price I already paid for the Amana installed (somewhere between $2500 and $3000 cdn) ). Although I felt this was still an unfair amount of rhino for me to put out in this situation I agreed so I could finally be rid of the Amana and move on from this ugly scene.
The American Sample got put in this morning and the Amana was taken away.
OH MY GOD WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
I don’t grovel any more every time the furnace fires up. In fact I didn’t even review when the furnace fired at all this evening.
When I was in the basement suite talking with my chain and aunt about 12ft away from the utilities closet they commented that this furnace is so much mastery. I asked ‘Is it on right now???’. They said ‘yes it is’. I had to run to the utility closet to verify it was on. The sound of our conversation was able to mask the sound of the furnace. Think of that.
Before I could tell from the floor above whenever the furnace was firing. In the mornings from my bed two floors up I could listen to the Amana unit going…this floor is an addition to the aboriginal house and has no registers to carry any sound.
So I leave you all now in harmony.
Cheers.
George.”
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