As I have said many times, Rheem and sister company Rudd are underrated and overlooked HVAC brands.

I will offer observation on equipment and quote.

Both furnaces are oversized.
The AC is a low end model. I would like to see you upgrade to RANL-RAPM model.
It appears you have been quoted a third party brand evap coil. This is wrong. You want a matching Rheem coil.

Furnaces will require true two stage thermostats for best operation. If not you will be on high stage whether needed or not. This cripples the capability of a nice furnace.

BTW where will furnaces be located?

Anything on a filter cabinet for both systems?

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Thx...will follow up on your points. The furnances will be located in the attic and the other in the basement. As for the filter cabinet, it is a pull out filter not the electronic( ?).

General rule, you don't place a high eff condensing furnace in the attic especially for a northern location like yours unless your attic is well insulated and conditioned. The problem can be freeze ups. Something that should be pointed out and discussed with your dealer.

I recommend pleated filter media cabinets for each system to be installed at return end of furnaces. Best for indoor air quality as well as superior protection of blower motor and evap coil.

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Spoke with Rheem vendor... will be placing a 2 stage thermostat. WHen I asked about the coil and wanting it to match, he said it was a new Rheem coil and that is reason he gave me the model #, I'll call Rheem to verify it.

As for the ac unit, we could go up a model not that much of a price difference $900.total ..doesn't necessarily improve efficiency or SEER althought it may be a little quiter than the other. At least this is what I understood him to say. He also talked about the compressors... both model have the same compressor.

Thoughts? Our Lennox quote was about 16K after rebates .

First off, the evap coil listed on your initial post is not a Rheem coil. What coil Mdl number does he really intend?

And what about the placement of a high eff condensing furnace in the attic and freeze ups? What did he say about that?

What about the oversizing of the furnaces?

And what two stage thermostat does he intend to use?

And how about the filter media cabinet?

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tigerdunes: what makes a furnance oversized , the BTUs? Or something else...Just want to understand it.

Number of BTUs between what was quoted compared to what is actually needed.

Not sure or confused, ask dealer to provide a load calculation for each zone.

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