I have a client looking for an approximate cost of replacing their 3 Ton AC unit for greater efficiency. It’s currently installed with a high-eff. forced air gas furnace system.
Any idea of (approximate) current prices? (Ranges or ball park costs)
Yes, I know it’s not part of what we do, but it’s for a former client.
Claude, its not so much about the size of the unit as about its efficiency. A minimum sensible efficiency rating accepted by NRCan in the last ECO energy program was 14.5 SEER. This should be taken as a basis in my opinion. The cost of this one of course will depend on the manufacturer and installer but will be somewhere between $3-4K. Higher SEER will result in higher price.
Yep this is what I would have said too. I had one client that asked me what it would cost to change from LOW efficiency to HIGH efficiency. I told them to call 3 companies and she would get a ball park figure.
Here is the difference $10,000 complete and installed top end
3,500 complete and installed bottom end