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Originally Posted by Red
First, why a new furnace? If your furnace is an older unit then look for a guy that can fix it for you. These things can easily last 30-40+ years. Don't buy in to the sales pitches about $$$ savings from heating etc. It's like triple pane windows, little cost benefit in bills.
Central humidifiers are good when they work. But they cost a lot of $$$ in water consumption and they leak. Ive had them in all my houses over the last 30 years and they always find a way to leak without warning. No matter how much you maintain them. If it's not the humidifier, it's the pump I use to route the water for drainage. Or the filter. Or the solenoid. Always something LOL. PITA.
But, when they work, they are great. More comfortable air, feels warmer and no electrostatic.
I would get one, but prep the area around it so a minor flood won't damage anything of value. A water sensor on the floor would help too.
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Our furnace is 31 years old. It’s working but had a few issues lately with blower not activating and furnace is heating up and we smell smoke and a buzzing. Turning off furnace and electricity it was fine after.
Our house is crazy dry yesterday 15-18%. We have a side split with the main floor fairly cool compared to upstairs. We were looking to get a two stage with humidifier but also some other fixes adding cold airs etc. Our furnace is oversized they said 125,000 btu and they recommended a 60,000 for newer high efficiency. Heat comes on crazy hot then off and gets cold then hot ..
Also live in north