Saying Goodbye to Your Old Furnace

SAYING GOODBYE TOYOUR OLD HERE LIES OLD May FURNACE FURNACE SIGNS IT'S TIME TO REPLACE YOUR FURNACE IT'S OLD MOST FURNACES LAST BETWEEN 16 AND 20 YEARS NEW FURNACES ARE UP TO 16% MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT THAN OLDER MODELS IF YOU HAVE A PILOT LIGHT, YOUR FURNACE COULD BE AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLD YOUR BILLS ARE GOING UP RISING ENERGY BILLS MAY NOT JUST BE DUE TO AN INCREASE IN FUEL COST OLDER FURNACES RUN LONGER TO PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT OF HEAT A NEW FURNACE COULD SAVE YOU AN AVERAGE OF $94 EACH YEAR IT NEEDS FREQUENT REPAIRS THE OLDER A FURNACE GETS, THE MORE REPAIRS IT WILL NEED THE FINAL 2 YEARS OF A FURNACE'S LIFE REQUIRE THE MOST REPAIRS BETTER TO GET A NEW FURNACE NOW THAN DEAL WITH A BREAKDOWN WHEN YOU NEED HEAT YOUR HOME IS UNEVENLY HEATED SOME ROOMS MAY BE TOO COLD, AND OTHERS TOO HOT FREQUENT THERMOSTAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE A SIGN THE FURNACE CAN'T DISTRIBUTE AIR PROPERLY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET YOUR THERMOSTAT AND FORGET ABOUT IT 70 °F A IT MAKES STRANGE NOISES LISTEN FOR BANGING, POPPING, RATTLING, OR SQUEALING NOISES BANG! OBSERVE IF THE BLOWER RUNS EXCESSIVELY POP! OR SOMETIMES BLOWS COLD AIR A BLOWER TURNING ON AND OFF OFTEN MEANS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW FURNACE YOU HAVENT BEEN FEELING WELL CRACKED HEAT EXCHANGERS COULD LEAK CARBON MONOXIDE INTO YOUR HOME THESE CRACKS CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING FREQUENT HEADACHES, NAUSEA, OR DISORIENTATION COULD BE A SIGN OF A CO PROBLEM PHASING OUT HCFCS R-22 A COMMON HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON USED AS A REFRIGERANT R-22 • OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCE NEW FURNACES MADE AFTER JANUARY 1, 2010, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE R-22 SUPPLIES ARE BEING PHASED OUT BY JANUARY 1, 2015, ELIMINATING ITS WIDE AVAILABILITY PRODUCTION AND IMPORT OF R-22 WILL BE BANNED COMPLETELY AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020 R-22 INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: HRC CLIMATE SERVICES HEATING AND COOLING CLIMATE SRVICES wWW.HRCCLIMATESERVICES.COM SOURCES: HTTP://WWW.PHASEOUTFACTS.ORG/FLUOROCARBON+REFRIGERANTS.ASPX HTTP://WWW.H O ME ENERGYCENTER.COM/8 FURNACE_SIGNS.HTML HTTP://WWW.ENERGYSTAR.GOV / CERTIFIED-PRODUCTS/DETAIL/ FURNACES