{"id":434,"date":"2015-12-07T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southeastairheat.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2015-12-04T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T19:25:29","slug":"time-to-replace-your-gas-furnace-here-are-5-ways-you-can-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/heating-service\/time-to-replace-your-gas-furnace-here-are-5-ways-you-can-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Replace Your Gas Furnace? Here Are 5 Ways You Can Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No gas furnace will endure forever. You need to pay attention to an older furnace to see if it\u2019s time to have it replaced. Below are 5 ways to tell that you should call professionals and arrange for a new furnace installation:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Corrosion: <\/strong>You may not expect a furnace to corrode since it doesn\u2019t use water to run. But corrosion can begin in a gas furnace because of the reaction between metal and the vapor in the combustion gases. A furnace that is developing corrosion can potentially become hazardous, so go with caution and have the unit replaced.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Older than 20 years: <\/strong>The average lifespan of a gas furnace (provided that it receives annual inspections and maintenance) is 15\u201320 years. After a furnace passes its 20th year, it\u2019s increasingly likely to experience a decline in efficiency and effectiveness, as well as develop safety issues. Even if your furnace is still working after 20 years, it\u2019s better not to try to make 21.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extremely loud operation:<\/strong> A single odd noise from a furnace tends to mean that it needs a repair. But <em>many<\/em> odd noises from it usually spells R-E-P-L-A-C-E. A furnace that has turned into a noisemaker is simply too worn down with age to keep around.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High heating bills:<\/strong> Older furnaces are generally less energy efficient than newer models that take advantage of advances in technology. And when a furnace is nearing the end of its lifespan, you will see the cost to run it start to skyrocket. If you simply have a hard time looking at your heating bill every month, call for professionals to replace the furnace.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Too many repairs:<\/strong> So how many repairs are \u201ctoo much\u201d? Add up their costs, and if you find that you\u2019re paying out more than $500 a year to keep the furnace scraping by, <em>that\u2019s<\/em> too much. A new furnace is a far more cost-effective long-term investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Southeast Air &amp; Heat is your source for <a href=\"\/heating\/furnaces\/gas-furnace\">new gas furnace installation<\/a> in Lake Nona, FL.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No gas furnace will endure forever. You need to pay attention to an older furnace to see if it\u2019s time to have it replaced. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[15,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.florala.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}