How Much Should a New Furnace Really Cost? (Read Your Quote First)

🔧 Everything I learned fixing HVAC for 25 years, in one plain-English book. 📘 THE HVAC SURVIVAL GUIDE - get it here: https://raydutton.com On a replacement job, I carried the new furnace in from the truck, and I had a fair idea what the company paid for it: a few thousand dollars. The price the family signed was usually about three times that. Some of that gap is honest. A lot of it got decided at the kitchen table before I ever showed up. In this video I read a $20,000 furnace quote with you line by line: what the furnace itself costs, what fair labor looks like, the permit and parts that are worth paying for, and the lines that get added on top, like the air conditioner and the extras. Then I show you where the sign-tonight discount really comes from, and what to ask for in writing before you sign anything. The yardstick: most homeowners pay somewhere between $5,000 and $9,000 for one furnace put in right, with the labor, the pipe and the permit counted in. CHAPTERS 0:00 What the company really paid for the furnace 0:36 Line 1: the furnace itself 1:38 The honest price for the whole job 2:26 Why your quote hides that number 2:44 Line 2: the labor 3:40 How to read your labor line 4:11 Line 3: permit, materials, haul-away 5:04 The money you never see printed 5:50 How $5,000 becomes $20,000: the air conditioner 7:01 The extras that stack up 7:33 When $20,000 is honest 7:56 Good, better, best 8:24 Who's at your kitchen table 8:56 The sign-tonight discount 9:34 The 4 things to get in writing 10:16 Do the math at your own table 10:40 A real example 11:15 If the house is cold tonight What's the biggest number you've ever been quoted for a new furnace, and what was actually in it? Tell me in the comments. I read every one. I'm Ray Dutton. Keep your cool, and I'll see you in the next one. #furnace #newfurnace #hvac #furnacereplacement #heating #homeowner #hvactips #furnacecost