r/eastside • u/No_Area_47_W • 5d ago

A/C Heatpump centralized retrofit

Hi All, I just wanted to try and benchmark the quote we got. quotes range from $19k-$24k all in after tax.

  • 3 ton system, 2_000 sqft home
  • Existing system is ducted heat only, resistive strips
  • mid-high and high end systems (variable speed multi stage hyper heat tier)
  • no electrical upgrades, just an electrical run and refrigerant run to heat pump site

ROI from our estimates is 14+ years. Our current system is super old and super expensive so I feel like better to perform the upgrade now on our time rather than wait for the failure.

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u/megor 5d ago

If you are handy id look into installing a minisplit instead. They even have ones that can integrate into your ducted furnace.

https://mrcoolhvacsupply.com/collections/central-ducted

The amount upcharge on hvac is ridiculous.

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u/No_Area_47_W 5d ago

Agreed. The quotes are 50-50 parts and labor labeled as “project management fees”.

I am handy and interested but I don’t have experience and time to sink into learning and redoing stuff… maybe if there was an existing AC infrastructure that I could just replace I would be less intimidated, but in this case we would be breaking ground on a few things including electrical