My wife and I have been dealing with our crummy old heater for about a decade now.
We bought a new electric furnace for our heating system several years ago, but either that thing has run its course or the ventilation system has.
One way or another, we were both sick of paying loads of money for the same mediocre heating in our home. With winter fast approaching last year, we had about a month to decide on what our new heating system would be – and get it installed before the snow began to fall. We had a lot of options to choose from, but the best options were one of two. We could either invest in a boiler system, which would provide heat and humidity, or we could go with a gas furnace. Either way, our ductwork needed to be repaired, so that cost was assumed in both cases. Getting a new boiler system would be more expensive, but it would be much more effective for heating the house and keeping it warm. Meanwhile, the gas furnace would quickly heat the house and not require as extensive of an installation. We were pretty torn for a while, right up until about two weeks before winter! That’s when we had our “eureka” moment, while using a humidifier to help us sleep. The boiler system would make it so that we didn’t need to use the humidifier at all! It was settled. We were going to install the boiler system, and we succeeded in doing so with just two days to spare. Talk about being just in time!