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you're a good sport Greg!
you're a good sport Greg!
It doesn't get that cold here - it hardly ever goes below freezing - but it is a damp cold, which makes things feel colder, so you do tend to run the furnace a fair amount.
But since we got the new windows, the house has held heat much better, so the furnace only runs a bit in the morning - at least so far.
And now that it is getting cooler, I'm starting to appreciate how a gas stove can keep the kitchen warm. In the summer, I wasn't so sure ;-)
But since we got the new windows, the house has held heat much better, so the furnace only runs a bit in the morning - at least so far.
And now that it is getting cooler, I'm starting to appreciate how a gas stove can keep the kitchen warm. In the summer, I wasn't so sure ;-)
It is cold for this time of year
It is 3:40pm in central Illinois now and is very warm for the 7th of Nov. The boiler is turned off at school today and we all had our windows open. I know what Jeff was talking about a few days back. Lots of weird storms and very cold. I built a fire in the kitchen stove so that warmed up the kitchen. I keep my thermostat set at 67 and leave it there for the winter. Its hard on the pianos and organ to turn the temp. up and down. Greg, I get all bundled up too but sweatshirt AND pants is a good thing. I wear toe socks too sometimes to keep warm. lol Abcomatic
It is 3:40pm in central Illinois now and is very warm for the 7th of Nov. The boiler is turned off at school today and we all had our windows open. I know what Jeff was talking about a few days back. Lots of weird storms and very cold. I built a fire in the kitchen stove so that warmed up the kitchen. I keep my thermostat set at 67 and leave it there for the winter. Its hard on the pianos and organ to turn the temp. up and down. Greg, I get all bundled up too but sweatshirt AND pants is a good thing. I wear toe socks too sometimes to keep warm. lol Abcomatic
We've had the heat on now for about three + weeks. I love being able to turn the heat on, everything feels so much drier and my skin which can be a bit oily at times goes back to normal. We keep the thermostat at 72. This week we are having all new windows installed in the house, the old windows (1931 vintage) with storms are going so it should make big difference and I might be able to turn it down to 70. Of course it better for $17,000, oy.
Furnace woes here at moms house !!!
Mom had a new Carrier hi efficiency furnace and central air installed back in 1995 and with it bought a 10 year extended warranty good to August 2005. Within a couple of years a circuit board burned, then in 2003 the heat exchanger fan went, all covered by warranty thankfully. Well last month it started to make a noise (the heat exchanger fan) so we had the dealer in to replace it, actually another dealer since the original no longer carried Carrier. He took the old one off which was only 3 years old and was astonished to see that the previous repairman had used silicone to seal it to the heat exchanger..not supposed to do that he said.. That entailed now getting a new heat exchanger and fan.. lots more money and labor, although Carrier is paying for the heat exchanger under it's 25 yr warrant but not the fan which is $275. On top of that he took the furnace apart on Monday and the part still isn't it so the house is sitting at about 64 degs now, thankfully it's not any colder out.
I won't be buying any Carrier product in the future after this fiasco. Any money mom saved in gas on her hi efficiency furnace is now gone paying for repairs.
Mom had a new Carrier hi efficiency furnace and central air installed back in 1995 and with it bought a 10 year extended warranty good to August 2005. Within a couple of years a circuit board burned, then in 2003 the heat exchanger fan went, all covered by warranty thankfully. Well last month it started to make a noise (the heat exchanger fan) so we had the dealer in to replace it, actually another dealer since the original no longer carried Carrier. He took the old one off which was only 3 years old and was astonished to see that the previous repairman had used silicone to seal it to the heat exchanger..not supposed to do that he said.. That entailed now getting a new heat exchanger and fan.. lots more money and labor, although Carrier is paying for the heat exchanger under it's 25 yr warrant but not the fan which is $275. On top of that he took the furnace apart on Monday and the part still isn't it so the house is sitting at about 64 degs now, thankfully it's not any colder out.
I won't be buying any Carrier product in the future after this fiasco. Any money mom saved in gas on her hi efficiency furnace is now gone paying for repairs.
Hmmm. Interesting, Pete. My house has a Carrier heat pump. Mid-summer this year a board went bad and the blower wouldn't run. Got that fixed, then discovered two months later (after the two highest electric bills I've had thus far) that another board was bad causing one (or both) heating auxiliary heating elements to run either continuously or (more likely) whenever the blower was cycled off. Still waiting for the repair to be finished. I called the service outfit this week, he said they've had the job on the back-burner being as it was a heat issue happening in the summer.
As for running heat, nada. Had a couple days into the 50s°F but this week has been back in the 70s°F and 80s°F. Winter thermostat setting is 70°F when home, 60°F when not. I'm typically in shorts and a t-shirt around the house. </b>Or nothing<b>
As for running heat, nada. Had a couple days into the 50s°F but this week has been back in the 70s°F and 80s°F. Winter thermostat setting is 70°F when home, 60°F when not. I'm typically in shorts and a t-shirt around the house. </b>Or nothing<b>
