My furnace is over twenty years old, however when my spouse and I moved into the house, the furnace was already set up.
It really wasn’t new at the time.
I’ve made sure to hire a professional Heating and Air Conditioning business to repair the furnace every fall. I’ve been conscientious about replacing the air filter and cleaning the vents, despite usual care, the furnace is showing its age. I should have replaced it many years ago. The furnace is no longer operating at peak heating capacity. It struggles to keep up on especially frigid Wintertide evenings. In the section where the people I was with and I live, the frigid weather often lasts for six straight weeks and the temperature remains below freezing. The furnace is responsible for a heavy workload. It no longer matters how high I adjust the control unit. The system simply isn’t putting out enough tepid air to achieve comfort. We need to bundle up in overcoats to keep moderate because the beach house is downright chilly at evening. When the furnace cycles on, it now makes a loud screeching sound and tends to rattle the whole time it’s running. It seems to run non stop and my heating bills reflect this. I’m paying a fortune and my family is shivering. I’m also starting to worry about air quality and safety concerns. There’s honestly a lot more dust floating around in the air. I’ve been reluctant to replace the furnace because of the cost, mess and disruption of the project. I realize that a new furnace would achieve much greater energy efficiency. The lower daily bills would reclaim the initial investment, then plus, new heating systems offer better safety features and allow more precision control over indoor comfort. We could update to a wireless control component and zone control. I just need to call a professional Heating and Air Conditioning business for an estimate and figure out financing. It would honestly be better to schedule the replacement project over the Summer rather than wait for the old furnace to fail. We could be left separate from heat in the middle of the winter.