13 Step DIY Furnace Installation Part 3 of 13
Part 3/13 steps to Install a Furnace in Your Home
Choosing the right furnace to install is vitally important to ensure your equipment performs at it’s peak efficiency, is affordable and will last for many years after the initial furnace installation.
Furnace Installation Instructions – 13 Easy Steps
Step 3. Assessing the Heating Cooling System and duct-work. This is the most important step. Why? The answer might surprise you. It might even surprise some HVAC Contractors. The heating equipment must be sized right. Hands down. No exceptions. Why? You might be thinking “Doesn’t the rule ‘the bigger the better’ apply here?” No. Let me rephrase that: Heck no!
I will give you a brief example here. If you were to put an over-sized air conditioner in your home, the air conditioner would only run for a few minutes until the thermostat was at the desired temperature. Great! The bigger A/C saved me energy by running a short time, and bringing the temperature down super fast! What’s the problem there? Yes, you did cool your home quickly, but what you did not do was remove humidity (water in the air) from your home. The longer an A/C runs, the more water it removes from the air. That extra water in the air is what makes you uncomfortable in hot weather. The idea is to make you comfortable. Cooling down the house super quick will have the opposite effect.
The same principle applies with a furnace. It must be sized properly. There are lots of online heating and cooling calculators out there that are free. Just google ‘heating and cooling load calculator’. The instructions are usually included . I have included one in a guide that I wrote called “The Ultimate Furnace Installation Guide”. I found that heat/load calculator online for free.
Although this article is not comprehensive. It should help you decide if you want to tackle a job like this. I believe with minimum handy man skills and my guide, anyone can simply install their own furnace. A complete and comprehensive guide with furnace installation instructions can be found here The Ultimate Furnace Installation Instructions. This guide includes all my tips and tricks,(also contractor tricks) and should cut down on install time by a few days.
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