| This past week I changed out an old hot air | | | | After starting the new furnace and burning off |
| furnace in a rental unit that made me question | | | | the oil that always smokes up the house a bit on |
| why the tenant did not go to the owner and | | | | a new startup the new little unit had the house |
| offer to pay more rent in exchange for getting | | | | warm as toast and was shutting down. Wow, |
| the furnace changed out sooner. If you are a | | | | that took less time than the old beast took to |
| renter that is paying the gas bill, then you need to | | | | just warm up! |
| think about this. | | | | The renter related to me how that the old |
| The hot air furnace was at least 60 years old. It | | | | furnace cost over one hundred dollars a month |
| had been coal fired furnace that was converted | | | | just to run the pilot over the summer months. |
| to gas many decades ago. The pilot light of this | | | | The wintertime heating bills were many times |
| beast was more of a torch than a pilot light. | | | | higher than that. The difference between the bills |
| When the thermostat called for heat the flame | | | | of the old unit and the bills that will be coming |
| roared for 15 minutes before the exterior blower | | | | now will be unbelievable. A savings of 40-50% is |
| unit that was added when the furnace was | | | | not at all out of the question. |
| converted to gas, started up to move air through | | | | Now, if you are renting and are paying the bill to |
| the furnace and into the house. | | | | feed an old monster of a heating system, I |
| As I was starting up the new unit, which took up | | | | suggest that you make a proposal to your |
| less than 1/3 of the space of the old beast, the | | | | landlord. Offer to pay a bit more rent in exchange |
| renter came and sat down on the basement | | | | for a new heating system. Not only will you |
| steps looking on in amazement. How would that | | | | decrease your gas bills enough to pay some extra |
| little thing make enough heat for the house? A | | | | rent and still come out ahead, but you will have |
| few minutes later those questions were put to | | | | the peace of mind that you have a safer heating |
| rest very quickly. | | | | system under the roof that you also live under. |