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Furnace installed by builder too small.

Montesir Shirazi

10 years ago

Hi.

We recently closed on our new home. Now with spring in the air we are looking to get an AC for the summer. We got a few quotes and were told that while it would work, our furnace at 60,000 BTU is small for our house at 2615 Sqft (basement unfinished). This is not good for efficiency. We live in Waterloo Canada where it gets pretty cold in winter and I was wondering if I have any recourse to the builder to change the furnace to a larger one? The recommended furnace is 80,000 BTU I believe.

Any ideas or guidance would be helpful.

Montesir.

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Comments (2)

User
10 years ago
Furnace size can be smaller when the house is better insulated. Lots of factors other than square footage determine what size furnace is needed. Were you cold last winter? Has someone actually done the Manual J math? Not just square footage?
Jenny Duong
8 years ago
Hey same thing just happened to me but my square footage is even bigger. What did you end up doing? Did the builders fix it?
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