{"id":1741,"date":"2021-11-22T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2021-11-19T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T19:12:35","slug":"6-signs-you-may-need-to-get-a-new-furnace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/6-signs-you-may-need-to-get-a-new-furnace\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Signs You May Need to Get a New Furnace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rustic-furnace\"One of the most important facts you need to know about your home\u2019s gas furnace is when to have it replaced. No powerful appliance like a furnace can last forever and, considering our extreme winter weather, it\u2019s amazing most furnaces last for as long as they do. At a certain point, you\u2019ll need to make the choice to stop arranging for <\/span>furnace repair in Burlington, VT<\/span><\/a> and instead invest in getting a new furnace installed. This is a big step, one you won\u2019t want to take lightly. We can help you to make the choice, and we\u2019ll start with this post.<\/span><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t an exhaustive list of signs your furnace is retirement-ready, but it\u2019ll help you get an idea of when to call us for a professional opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. The age of the furnace<\/b><\/h3>\n

The age of a gas furnace is a good barometer of how much longer you can expect it to work. Although not an absolute, the manufacturer\u2019s estimated service life for a furnace is often quite accurate for when a furnace is going to start to go into decline. For gas furnaces, 15 years is the usual upper-end estimate, although sometimes they can go for 20 years. We don\u2019t recommend attempting to push a furnace past 15 years, especially if it is showing other signs of deterioration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Poor indoor air quality<\/b><\/h3>\n

Your furnace has an impact on the air quality of your house, often in ways you may not realize. As a furnace ages, it will start to collect more and more dust and dirt, even with regular filter changes, and you\u2019ll begin to see more dust in the house and feel it in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Rising energy costs<\/b><\/h3>\n

When you keep up with regular maintenance for the furnace each spring, it will retain 95% of its original efficiency rating until the last one to two years of its life. This means you shouldn\u2019t see a significant increase in your costs to run the furnace \u2026 until it\u2019s time to replace it. When bills start to rise and you can\u2019t tell why, the furnace may be signaling that it\u2019s in its last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Repairs are common and costly<\/b><\/h3>\n

How often is \u201ctoo often\u201d when it comes to furnace repairs? Every year or more than once every year is too often. When you have to put this much money into keeping an older furnace running, you\u2019re wasting money that\u2019s better invested in a new furnace. Any repair that costs more than half of getting a replacement furnace is also too expensive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Recent safety problems<\/b><\/h3>\n

If you have an older furnace that has caused the carbon monoxide detectors to go off in your house, we don\u2019t recommend trying to repair it. This is a major warning of a furnace that you can\u2019t trust unless you have prohibitively expensive repairs done to it. A new furnace is a fresh and safe start.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Uneven heating<\/b><\/h3>\n

When a furnace unevenly heats a home, it\u2019s one of the strongest signs the system is in a final decline. Cold spots around the house show the furnace is losing its general heating capacity and probably won\u2019t work effectively for much longer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Rock Mechanical, LLC serves Northwest Vermont and Northeast New York. <\/b>Schedule service with us if you think you need a new furnace.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This isn\u2019t an exhaustive list of signs your furnace is retirement-ready, but it\u2019ll help you get an idea of when to call us for a professional opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[89,106,15],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1744,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrockmechanical.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}