Heating Cents - October 2011

Posted: 05 January of 2012

Along with roof replacement and paint jobs, one of the last things a homeowner/business owner wants to hear is that they need a new furnace. Even though it doesn't look like much in your basement, replacing a furnace means getting ready to spend dollars??? Or Save Dollars???

How long do furnaces last? The average furnace probably works for about 15-20 years, assuming it is properly maintained. So by the time your furnace dies or is almost dead and you need to buy a new one, you are looking at replacing a mechanical and electronic appliance that is almost 2 decades old, which is an eternity in these times. So lets say your furnace is dead or near dead. Chances are, it was designed and installed back in the early 90s. In those ancient times, a good furnace had an efficiency rating of about 80%, meaning that 80% of the gas burned went to heat your building, and the rest was lost as waste up your chimney or vent.

So you go shopping for a new furnace today, and you see 90, 92, 95 even 98% efficiency measurements on these new furnaces. What does this mean? What should you research and buy? This is where Healthy Home comes in. We sit down to educate you on the differences in furnaces. From the efficiency level, from variable, modulating or multi speed motors, to the differences in heat exchangers, cellular verses tubular exchangers. And even the differences in single stage, two stage or modulating burner stages. All these choices are quit simple when explained to you. All these matter in the type of energy savings, reliability and how long the furnace will last.

Contact us at 920-347-9119 for a FREE estimate on a furnace replacement.

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