Your Furnace - Waiting Can Be Expensive

Ok, so it is now October and since the end of the last heating season, you have said “There is no way that we can make it through the next winter with our current furnace”.  Either because it has come to the end of it’s useful life, or because you are sick and tired of spending $200 a month to heat the house and you are sending $80 a month out the chimney and you want to increase your homes efficiency and tighten your budget.Whatever the reason, the one thing that is certain, by waiting you increase your odds of having to make that fateful call to the HVAC contractor in the middle of the night or on Sunday to “Fix” or “Replace” the furnace that you promised yourself you would take care of before the next winter season.

The opportunity has been under your nose the whole time.  You are now faced with the decision to repair your system for $1000 (and that could be to replace a $100 part.  They do that to get you to make the decision to replace) or you are being told that for $4,000 you can have a new furnace installed in the next 24 hours.  But, If you don’t let them do it, you will be warned that “everyone is busy” and it may be weeks before anyone can get to you.  Grrrrrr, that makes me mad.

Your alternative is to do a little research, find a company that offers name brand quality equipment, is personal enough to help you with your choices and buy the furnace yourself.  Then  find a good sensible local HVAC pro who will be happy to install your new furnace on a “Time & Material” basis.

By doing this, you can save as much as $2,000 and have exactly what you will get if your pushed into the corner to make the decision under duress.  The Contractors will tell you that if you buy your own equipment, you are on your own.  That is pure BUNK!

Here is an example:  When you bought your home and moved in, the Heating and Air equipment was there before you.  When you have needed assistance and called the local HVAC pro, he has come out and repaired.  He probably didn’t sell that system, so where is the “On Your Own” in that?

Look, in today’s stressed out, beat up financial markets, without a doubt, the very best investment that you have access to, is nowhere near Wall Street.  It is on “Your Street” and is probably in your basement or closet and it is your Furnace.

Don’t get backed into the corner.  It is your money and you should be the one to decide how it is best spent, not someone who’s primary goal is to increase their net worth and not yours.