Painiacs

We are looking to buy a furnace. The more research you do the more confusing it gets! The reviews on line are all negative. What kind of furnace do you own? Forced air or boiler ( we have boiler) , are you satisfied and have you had any problems with it or the company? It will be getting cold up here soon and would appreciate your input. Thank you

Airwick156

Move to Oregon Patti....it doesn't get as cold as it does in Michigan..and then we can sew together. lolol

Gramie bj

Heat pump! Most cost effictive for this area.

leatheflea

My best friend bought a heat pump and her heating bill doubled after having a "normal furnace". I would ask others in your area what is most effective. Ask the installer for references.

mythreesuns

I my self am not a fan of boilers.. neighbor had one and long story short..they were gone for 5 weeks. One of the pipes blew and caused $10,000.00 in water damage. We put in a Armstrong furnace 15 years ago this Nov..and we have not had any issues with it at all.

Melinda in Tulsa

Mine is forced air. Have no idea what it would cost as when I replaced mine 5 years ago, I had both the furnace and A/C unit replaced together. It wasn't cheap...but necessary.

donnajean

I think what kind of furnace depends on your area/climate. Talk to neighbors & see what they are happy with. I had my house built in 1984 & it came with heat pump which seems to the most cost effictive in my area. I like it as you don't get hot blasts of air & the temperature is more even & comfortable. I would recommend getting the programmable thermostat with heating costs only going up.

QKO

Depending on how much money you want to spend on installation, and how long you want to live in your house, a ground-source or water-source geothermal heat pump can be extremely efficient for your area. See http://www.econar.com for a lot of information.

Don't confuse these with air-source heat pumps, which are only effective in climates where it doesn't go below freezing.

We're in the high desert, where temperatures can get below zero in the winter and above 90F in the summer. For year-round comfort and low-cost, efficient operation, our ground-source heat pump is hard to beat.

mythreesuns

Heat pumps use electricity for use, so it will be more costly to use for folks in the brrrr cold states like WI, MN and MI. I would stick to forced air heat.

mythreesuns

It also depends on the size of your house also. My son just redid his 3 years ago..heat/air... his cost 1400.00 less then it would have for us because his house was smaller.