No one wants to replace their furnace. It seems like a costly endeavor and a huge undertaking to have completed. Quick repairs can be a short term fix, and when compared to the price of a whole new unit, they seem to make the most financial sense.
At Rebmann Plumbing, we know furnaces well.
We know how to fix and replace, and have seen the disasters that can occur when people wait too long to have them updated. We also see how much money people can spend on old furnaces, so we wanted to share a few ideas to help you decide when it’s time to bite the bullet and replace your furnace.
Like any appliance, a furnace has a lifespan and is bound to fail at some time. In the terms of furnace lifespan, older the 20 years is getting towards retirement age. The older the furnace, the more likely problems will occur. Additionally, if you haven’t had your furnace professionally maintained by a furnace care professional like Rebmann Plumbing over the years, the possibility for errors to arise grows exponentially.
These aging furnaces lead to increased repairs, which can become costly. While at first a repair may seem to be just a fraction of the cost of a furnace replacement, frequent repairs can quickly add up, leaving you with an old furnace that just keeps breaking. Before you know it, you may end up spending more on repairs than actually replacing the unit itself, which will become an inevitable reality at some point, repairs or not.
Rising energy bills are another sign your furnace may need replacement. As units grow older, efficiency lowers, costing you more per month to get the same amount of heat from the unit. This is a case in which you need to calculate how much you’re losing to a less-efficient furnace per month, and decide if the savings will be worth it in the long run. Chances are, the older the furnace, the more money you’re losing to inefficient energy usage that could be going back into your pocket.
What it really comes down to is one question: is your furnace costing you too much to maintain, run and repair? If those costs outweigh the price of replacing your furnace with a new, reliable and more efficient model, then it’s probably time to replace your heating unit. Call Rebmann Plumbing for all your furnace repair and replacement needs in Oyster Bay.
