Furnace Replacement for Hampton Homes

When an old furnace is past fixing, we size a new furnace to your house, take the old unit out and quote the whole job before any work starts.

The estimate is free with no obligation, and we clean up before we leave.

furnace replacement at a Hampton home

Sized to the house

  • Free EstimateNo obligation
  • Whole Job QuotedBefore we start
  • Monday to Saturday7 am to 6 pm
  • On TimeWhen we say we will

What the job is

Furnace Replacement in Hampton

Furnace replacement in Hampton takes an old furnace out of a residential or commercial building and installs a new furnace sized to that building.

The new cabinet goes where the old furnace stood, whether that is a hall closet, a garage or an attic. What changes around it depends on the furnace you choose, and the panel beside this lists the pieces a swap touches.

What a swap touches

  • The furnace cabinet

    Burners or heating elements, the blower and the control board, all new inside the cabinet.

  • Venting

    A metal flue for a standard furnace, or PVC vent pipes for a high-efficiency model.

  • Plenum and duct connections

    Sheet-metal transitions that join the new cabinet to the ductwork you already have.

  • Thermostat and gas or power

    Wired to the new control board and reconnected to the gas line or the electrical circuit.

When to replace

Signs a Furnace Is Ready to Replace

A furnace past 15 years, a furnace that needs repairs every season, a cracked heat exchanger and a standing pilot light all put a furnace on the replacement list.

These are the signs we look for when a homeowner asks whether the next repair is worth paying for.

  • 15 years or older

    Typical furnace life runs 12 to 15 years, and past that point each repair buys less time.

  • Repairs every season

    When the breakdowns come back every winter, the bills add up toward the price of a new furnace.

  • A cracked heat exchanger

    A crack can let carbon monoxide into the house, so the furnace is shut down on the spot and replaced.

  • A standing pilot light

    An always-on "standing pilot" burns gas around the clock, the mark of an older, less efficient furnace.

  • Heating bills that keep rising

    Bills that climb while the rooms stay no warmer, even after repairs, point to a furnace losing ground.

Carbon monoxide has no smell. The U.S. CPSC Carbon Monoxide Information Center advises CO alarms on every level of the home.

The decision

Repair or Replace

Replacement is usually favored when a repair costs more than a third to a half of a new furnace, or when a major part fails on an older unit.

Ask for both numbers on the free estimate, the repair and the new furnace, and hold them up against that line.

Repair it

Usually worth fixing when

  • The furnace is under about 12 years old
  • A single part has failed
  • The bill is under 30% of a new furnace
  • The rest of the system is in excellent condition

Favored past 15 years

Replace it

Usually the better buy when

  • The furnace has passed 15 years
  • The heat exchanger has cracked, a fix that costs close to a new furnace
  • The gas valve fails on a furnace that age
  • Heat does not improve after repairs
New gas furnace set in a hall closet with a fresh sheet-metal plenum and a new flue pipe

Sizing

Sizing the New Furnace

A "Manual J load calculation" sizes the new furnace, and a high-efficiency "condensing furnace" or a heat pump is worth weighing against a like-for-like swap.

The calculation measures the house itself: its insulation, windows, air leakage and duct condition. The trade's standard for it is ACCA Manual J. Copying the old unit's label repeats any sizing mistake made last time, and an oversized furnace ends up "short cycling", starting and stopping in bursts that wear on the heat exchanger.

An aging standard furnace burns more gas for the same heat than a condensing unit, and over the years that gap shifts the math toward the efficient model. A condensing furnace vents through PVC pipe, so the venting changes with it. A heat pump, or a "dual fuel system" that pairs a heat pump with a gas furnace, is on the table too, and an ENERGY STAR label marks a furnace built to save energy over the long run.

80%
"AFUE" of an aging furnace
96%+
AFUE of a condensing unit

From call to heat

How a Replacement Runs

  1. You call

    We answer, or call back the same working day, and set a time to come look.

  2. Free estimate

    We look over the old furnace, the venting and the ducts, measure the house and talk through the options.

  3. The whole job quoted

    You get the price of the complete swap before we start, with no surprise charges after.

  4. Swap day

    We show up when we said, set and connect the new furnace, fire it up and clean up when the work is done.

What it costs

Furnace Replacement Costs

A new furnace installed costs a range rather than a flat number, because its size and its efficiency set most of the price.

$1,445 to $1,763Typical low range

$6,984.22 to $13,968.43Typical range, materials and labor

Both are typical published ranges for furnace replacement here, not our price. The gap between them comes from the furnace's capacity, its efficiency rating, whether the venting or ductwork has to change, and whether a heat pump or dual fuel setup goes in instead.

Your exact number comes from the free estimate, written for the complete job.

Whole system

HVAC Replacement for the Whole System

HVAC replacement swaps the furnace and the air conditioner together, with new controls and any duct changes the new equipment needs.

When both halves are near the end of their life, doing them on the same visit lets a single load calculation size the pair, and the indoor coil, the outdoor unit and the furnace blower are matched to each other from the start.

  • Furnace
  • Air conditioner and coil
  • Thermostat and controls
  • Ductwork, where it needs changing

Old furnace on its last winter? Get the replacement quoted.

Call Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 6 pm. A voicemail left after hours gets a call back the next working morning.

  • We show up when we say we will
  • We clean up when the work is done
Call (757) 529-6312