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Tman122:
On Saturday 12-21-2013 at 6:30 PM my furnace stopped working. The heat exchanger is cracked on a 10 year old Payne/Carrier. The outside temp at the time was 10 above zero. Saturday evening the temp dropped to -14F Sunday another day of 10 above and Sunday night -15. I have a couple of electric heaters and my propane fish house heater working overtime to prevent plumbing freeze up and keep it tolerable in the house. I left for work today and gave the dog explicit instructions on what to do if one or both of the two heaters or wiring failed and it started to either smoke (a prelim to catching on fire) or gave up. I was gone for 7 hours and the temp dropped to 62 from the 80 degrees I had it up to when I left.

This my friends is a testament to the work I have done on insulation, new windows and doors to seal up and make my house efficient in the winter. My new furnace arrives on Thursday and I should have it installed and up and running on Thursday evening, I hope. Tonight -18 predicted and Tuesday night 5 above. Wednesday night back to -12 I hope my house survives. I think I can do it.

Preventing hot tubs from freezing is easy compared to this.

Jacuzzi Jim:
 The company I work for also does HVAC those guy have been going bonkers fixing and installing new furnaces.   It's amazing how many after hour calls they get and the people willing to spend the 100 dollar call out fee to fix a furnace and were no where near as cold you guys get. Lowest I hit was 16* one night.    I do have a heat pump with a wood stove as back up, when it's that cold I fire up the wood stove anyway, for one I love the heat from it and I have 6 acres worth of trees plus if my HP isn't running I am saving on the power bill.

Tman122:
I have been thinking about a wood stove. My insurance rates will go up and I would have the extra work of getting the wood. I have plenty available for free also but is it truly free? I suppose it's time to start gathering info after this.

Jacuzzi Jim:
 Never heard of insurance going up, I sell probably 75 wood stoves a year.. 

Tman122:
I guess they consider wood heat more of a risk than forced air. What kind of stove should I be looking at?

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