How much does central air cost to install in a home?
Sounds like you may not have the ductwork already installed for your heating furnace. Possibly you have a hot water or hydronic type heating unit that uses pipes and radiators rather than hot air ducts. If that’s the case, the HVAC contractor would probably install two condenser units outside your house with one set of refrigerant lines connecting to an “air handler” evaporator coil in your basement and another set of refrigerant lines going to an air handler evaporator coil in your attic. Sheet metal or flexible ducts would be installed in your basement, and flexible insulated ducts in your attic would feed the cold air down from second floor ceiling registers. A condensate water drain line has to run from both evaporator coils to a plumbing drain or outside the house. The cost of a high efficiency 3 Ton central air conditioner for the first floor only with new furnace housing would be about $9,000 without the extra ductwork if you don’t have any. So the overall job with ductwork and
