Comments on: The night our furnace almost died http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/02/28/the-night-our-furnace-almost-died/ What's blooming today? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kim http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/02/28/the-night-our-furnace-almost-died/#comment-4359 Kim Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:46:26 +0000 http://feverishthoughts.com/garden/2007/02/28/the-night-our-furnace-almost-died/#comment-4359 I had to get a new furnace 2 years ago... right after I moved into this house and had no money. :( The furnace guy that I lucked into (after 2 bad ones) went through the house and figured square feet, number of vents, etc., and told me what kind of a furnace I needed to most efficiently heat the space I needed heated. It might be worthwhile to talk to someone like that and figure out what exactly you need so you don't over or underbuy. He also recommended a programmable thermostat and a 2-cycle (I think that's what it's called) furnace... basically, this furnace has a "Low" and "High" setting, and mostly runs on low for more efficiency. I think that I confused the gas company for a while. They were basing their winter month estimates on what the previous owners had used, and my bills were literally half of what theirs were. I was amazed. I had to get a new furnace 2 years ago… right after I moved into this house and had no money. :( The furnace guy that I lucked into (after 2 bad ones) went through the house and figured square feet, number of vents, etc., and told me what kind of a furnace I needed to most efficiently heat the space I needed heated. It might be worthwhile to talk to someone like that and figure out what exactly you need so you don’t over or underbuy.

He also recommended a programmable thermostat and a 2-cycle (I think that’s what it’s called) furnace… basically, this furnace has a “Low” and “High” setting, and mostly runs on low for more efficiency.

I think that I confused the gas company for a while. They were basing their winter month estimates on what the previous owners had used, and my bills were literally half of what theirs were. I was amazed.

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