10-26-2010, 02:51 PM
I've been told by a few people that the high AFUE may not be the best choice, because if it does break down, the parts are not always in stock. Plus whether the $ difference will pay itself back.
Fritz, FWIW, plumbers (and other trades) say these things All The Time, as they don't want to learn about new equipment or methods. It borders on the pathetic, which is why we can't have new technology in our homes. I think this is endemic to the northeast (Boston here), and out west tradespeople are more willing to try newer methods and the resulting bit of education that may be required to correctly install such equipment.
My own experience is installing a boiler that should have been more efficient but I was talked "out of it" by my plumber who was not familiar with it. Now, it does work great (and should as it's only two years old) but I certainly could have installed a more efficient boiler but would have had to find someone else to do it and it was November.
Fritz, FWIW, plumbers (and other trades) say these things All The Time, as they don't want to learn about new equipment or methods. It borders on the pathetic, which is why we can't have new technology in our homes. I think this is endemic to the northeast (Boston here), and out west tradespeople are more willing to try newer methods and the resulting bit of education that may be required to correctly install such equipment.
My own experience is installing a boiler that should have been more efficient but I was talked "out of it" by my plumber who was not familiar with it. Now, it does work great (and should as it's only two years old) but I certainly could have installed a more efficient boiler but would have had to find someone else to do it and it was November.