According to HVAC manufacturers, customers are looking for highly efficient furnaces that shave dollars off their utility bills while providing the best possible levels of comfort. As a result, most ...

Dona Michielsen knew the day was coming when the original furnace in her 30-year-old Portage home was going to need replacing. “I know prices go up, but the heating bill seemed to be creeping up and ...

Last week I began a reply to J. McC.’s questions about replacing his 1920s gravity warm air furnace (the “octopus”) with a new forced-air furnace. He was also concerned about how to find a ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he has sometimes suffered from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do — the facts that he gathers ...

Q. I live in an older home and we know that it's time for a new furnace. My question concerns whether we should get an 80% efficient model or a 90% efficient one. Besides the price and efficiency, ...

The concept of the “high-efficiency furnace” in popular consciousness dates back to the 1980s. That’s when the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 required all new furnaces be 78 ...

Like most fuel-saving home appliances, high-efficiency furnaces cost more than others upfront. That complicates the idea of upgrading. Does it make sense to invest in a new system when you already ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this file photo, a technician with Kirkwood Heating and Air Conditioning installs a high-efficiency furnace at a home in South ...

That new high-efficiency furnace you’re installing might come at a high price: a buildup of carbon monoxide around the water heater or condensation in the chimney. The source of the problem is what ...