That is the year that our current furnace was installed...in the attic. This came to our attention after Josh woke up this morning and noticed two wet spots on our bedroom ceiling. It has not rained here, so, we new something was wrong. A trip up to the attic quickly told us that our rigged up system was leaking water out of the rusted old drip pan (which is supposed to be a back up, but was installed wrong and is the primary). Good thing I had woken up not feeling well and wasnt going to go to work. So, aprehensively, Josh left for work and I spent the morning cleaning out the wet insulation, mopping up water with towels, and babysitting the drip. I called a local Heating and Cooling place and they came out to investigate. Our options are 1.) replace the drip pan with a plastic one for $300 2.) replace the coil and drip pan for $1000 or 3.) get a whole new furnace for $3200. Since option 1 still leaves us with a 30+ year old system that is still rigged up, its out of the question. Option 2 also leaves us with a 30+ year old, inefficient furnace as well. So, by the end of the week we'll have a new furnace installed for the low low cost of $3195. On the bright side, it will be 80% efficient and should save us money in the long run on our heating and cooling costs. Our credit card company is going to l-o-v-e us.
4 comments:
what company did you use?
Did you get a home owner's warranty for your first year. Not sure how it works in other states, but around here I guess it's standard for the seller to include with the house. That way if a major appliance breaks it's only $75 to replace. We waived ours because it saved our seller $400 in closing costs in the long run. Then we had to replace our stove within the first year. We kicked ourselves for that one. But is it something that was written into your home purchase??
Ack! The adventures of the home-owner... you will love your new furnace.
ok so maybe I'm an idiot but why in the world would you put a furnace in the attic?
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