Board:   [WWIVnet] General Chat
Subject: Re: Marriage
From:    Weatherman #1 @1 (Mark)
To:      Jahmas #1 @255
Date:    Tue Sep 22, 2026 20:43

J> companies to take advantage of pricing. Anyhow, I casually said that
J> something that should be taken care of, as we both are facing a fixed
J> income is that, our
J> boiler is ancient and has potential for failure. I said that new boilers
J> are expensive but they are much more efficient... I told her that I priced
J> a unit and installation and that it was probably our next "project". Well

I had oil heat growing up and it was always nice and hot.  My brother had oil
heat in the house he had built about 20 years ago, too.

The other nice warm heat is natural gas, which is what all the homes I have
owned had.  Anything but a heat pump is good in my book if you want something
that heats and won't normally break the bank.  Lots of homes around here also
have propane.

I'm interested to know the savings.  Around 4 years ago when I had to buy a new
HVAC system (natural gas + AC), I looked at various AC units and found that
while the efficient ones were nice, they were so much more expensive it wasn't
worth it.

I decided to go with a larger natural gas furnace and 5-ton AC unit, and then
later added my mini-split in my office since that room is a challenge to keep
cool.

The best time to investigate those things is well before you have to get a
unit (before a failure).

- Mark

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