26 year old furnace
I recently bought a 26 year old house that came with a 26 year old furnace. We just had an enercare rep come out and inspect/maintain the furnace. He mentioned that the venter fan might have some water backing up into it, meaning that water wasn't draining properly into the basement drain. The heat exchanger was rusting. All in all, it's working but could break down any time and impressive for a 26 year old furnace to be still running.
My issue is that the furnace has seemingly been working fine, but with the winter coming up I am conflicted as to whether we should take a financial hit (pretty big hit as we just bought a house 2 months ago) and replace the heater before it breaks in the middle of subzero weather, or wait it out while getting quotes from different companies so that when it does eventually break we can call someone out and replace it asap.
We don't have any kids (only a dog) so it wouldn't be too unreasonable to wait it out and worst case scenario sleep in winter jackets for a couple days. However, the enercare rep made it sound pretty important that it got replaced soon/asap. Got any suggestions?
My issue is that the furnace has seemingly been working fine, but with the winter coming up I am conflicted as to whether we should take a financial hit (pretty big hit as we just bought a house 2 months ago) and replace the heater before it breaks in the middle of subzero weather, or wait it out while getting quotes from different companies so that when it does eventually break we can call someone out and replace it asap.
We don't have any kids (only a dog) so it wouldn't be too unreasonable to wait it out and worst case scenario sleep in winter jackets for a couple days. However, the enercare rep made it sound pretty important that it got replaced soon/asap. Got any suggestions?