Furnace age

Specific Inspection Topics Inspecting HVAC Systems
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I am looking for the year of birth for this furnace,
Carrier Model # 58GP075-3 Serial # 2484A16227

Thanks in advance.

2

Hi Louis. I come up with 24th week of 1984

3

Thanks Richard, That’s what I thought but the buyer is telling me that the structure was built in 1990. It is also in the diclosure statement. It just doesn’t jive. Any ideas.

4

Louis

Recommend Client or R/E Agent run a permit check through the local BID.
The house could have sat, the Seller disclosure info. could be wrong, for whatever reasons, the furnace could be a replacement unit that was prev. installed, again whatever reasons. Something possibly stinks!!!

5

Thanks Greg, my thoughts exactly. See you in December at Atlanta NACHI meeting.

6

It is the 24th week of 1984.

One of the reasons I record all manufacturer names, model numbers, and serial numbers is because, while I was doing property renovations, about once a year I would buy a property that had a recently installed appliance in it but when I closed escrow found the newer appliance removed and an older unit installed. Unfortunately, I still find such things going on here in San Diego. Most recently, back in July, the nice, new microwave exhausting hood unit had been removed and a recirculating unit installed. Clients questioned it when they moved in because there was a hole in the cabinet ceiling where the exhaust vent once was. ART tells me that previously, I’ve had four dishwashers, one water heater, a trash compactor, six microwaves, one washer, and one dryer removed and replaced with inferior units.

I don’t inspect washers and dryers, but I take hundreds of pictures, and I was able to go to my files and email my Clients pictures of the washer and dryer that were there at the time of the inspection.