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RE: Furnace Question - Turner52 - 01-30-2021
For the area he is a fairly big builder. About 50 homes a year. i know some places some builders do that in a month. or even a week. Not here.. Builds mostly mid range homes. 1800 square feet or so. $350,000 -$400.000 I know in some areas of the country that won't even buy a single stall garage. Checked on 1/2" osb this morning . $27 + a sheet. Home prices are going to double if that keeps up.
RE: Furnace Question - oscarMadison - 01-30-2021
i can kind of see wanting to keep old appliances if they in general are working and have a simple problem. My neighbor dropped a chunk of change on a kitchen update including a nice fridge. After 3 years or so the ice maker died. My sister and her husband have had bad luck with fridges and had to replace or fix a couple. I see so many complaints here and elsewhere about many of the new appliances. With some of them it seems like many parts are expensive to fix.
The fridge I have just keeps running, same for my stove, although I did have to put in a new ignitor for the oven, stove is from 96. The furnace I bought for my shop according to the serial number was from 88. I bought it used about and had it installed about 9 or 10 years ago. It just runs. I'm starting to have two problems now and I'll probably replace it in the spring. But still for a furnace that I paid $200 dollars for it has lasted close to the warranty of the new one I had put into my house, I'm happy. The AC for my house that I replaced was 30+ years old. Don't get me wrong I love my new furnace and AC, I'm just don't think they will see 30 years.