In Calgary, the labour cost to install a furnace usually runs between $1,500 and $4,000 on top of the equipment, and a standard gas furnace job lands somewhere between $5,000 and $8,000 once the unit and the work are added together. Where your home falls in that band depends far more on what surrounds the old furnace than on the new box itself. Below, we break down what the labour portion pays for, how many hours the work takes, and which parts of a job push the installation cost up. The Labour Cost to Install a Furnace, in Short On…

Whether you should replace your furnace and AC at the same time comes down to two things: how old each unit is, and whether the new HVAC equipment will work properly with the old. If both are in the back half of their lifespan, or the new air conditioner needs parts the old furnace cannot supply, doing them together usually makes sense. When one of them is under about ten years old and running well, replacing only the one that failed is often the better call, and we will tell you so. Should You Replace Your Furnace and AC at…

The serial number has the answer. Every furnace made in the last several decades carries a manufacture date coded into that number, and once it is read correctly, guessing is over. No serial number visible, no manual, no idea who installed it: there are still ways to pin down an age, just slower ones. Find the Serial Number First Power the furnace off before opening anything. Then look for a small door or removable panel on the front of the cabinet. Behind it, on the inside wall of the unit, sits a metal rating plate or a printed sticker listing…

Once the invoice arrives, a lot of Calgary homeowners ask the same thing: can you claim a new furnace on your taxes in Canada? For most households the answer is no. Heating equipment in the house you live in is a personal expense, so it does not lower your taxable income or earn a general tax credit. There are a few real exceptions, though, and since this is general information rather than tax advice, confirm your own situation with an accountant or the CRA. Can You Claim a New Furnace on Your Taxes? The Short Answer For a furnace that…

Ten years on parts, one year on labour, twenty years or more on the heat exchanger, depending on the model. That is the shape of most furnace warranties written in Calgary right now, and it is also where the confusion starts. Three separate promises land on one invoice, from two different companies, running on three different clocks. Every one of them is a limited warranty, too, which is the word doing the quiet work on the certificate. Homeowners tend to find out which clock they are on at the worst possible moment. January, basement, technician holding a failed part. How…

Yes, a new furnace usually smells for the first few days. In most Calgary homes the odour shows up the first time the burners light and fades after a few hours to a few days of steady running. It usually reads as hot oil, warm paint or a faint chemical note, and it comes from materials on brand-new parts heating up for the first time. That said, a few smells are never part of a break-in, and those call for a different response. Yes, a New Furnace Smell Is Normal for the First Few Days A new furnace has, at…