| With science and technology advancing ever | | | | out there and I want to stay warm. So far, my |
| forward, there are all kinds of new ways to look | | | | new furnace is doing the job. I'll be keeping a |
| at heating systems for your household. A good | | | | running journal of my experiences with this |
| residential furnace should last about twenty years, | | | | system throughout this first winter. Because I |
| on the average. This can also be expected of the | | | | keep fuel receipts for several years, I'll be able to |
| Rheem gas furnace. If you are needing to replace | | | | do a cost comparison for myself. |
| an old unit, it would be a good idea to do so as | | | | For those of you who are thinking about making |
| soon as possible. With the cost of fuel being so | | | | a switch to a Rheem gas furnace, you should be |
| high and winter months nearly upon us, it is best | | | | prepared for the process of installation. With my |
| to do the replacement now and benefit from the | | | | old oil furnace, hot water piping was used to heat |
| cost savings. | | | | my house. I didn't have a duct system in place. |
| Traditionally, my homes have used oil furnaces | | | | Because I am also thinking about a cooling system |
| for heating. For whatever reasons, I never felt | | | | for the summer months, some greater |
| comfortably warm. Wood stoves have been the | | | | adaptations were required. No matter how well |
| only heating source that have kept me warm | | | | prepared one is for construction, it's always |
| during the long New England months. However, I | | | | unsettling to have holes cut in the floors of your |
| am now in my 50's and wood heat is extremely | | | | house. Also, there is all kinds of wood dust as a |
| high maintenance and no longer as practical. I | | | | result of this work. One thing I would urge, is that |
| decided to have a Rheem gas furnace installed in | | | | you discuss clean-up with the Rheem dealership. It |
| my home for this winter. Though it is only late | | | | may be that they will take the extra time to |
| October as I write this, we have already | | | | clean behind themselves, especially if they know |
| experienced several nights of frost, hurricane | | | | how important this is to you. |
| winds and 2 inches of snow. It can be bitter cold | | | | |