Dorrough
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Thought I'd give everyone a good laugh. Except I'm serious: we currently heat the house with a good-sized Hearthstone wood stove, but it cools down overnight and takes a long time to warm the house if we've been out. So we want to install a furnace in the basement (propane, forced air). There are places out there that will design the system for a fee, and rebate part of the fee if you buy the furnace.
Installing the thing seems difficult but possible. Installing the ductwork seems like a lot of work. And I'm sure there are design issues that I can't imagine. Where is a good place to start with the research? Is there a good money-saving combination of work to hire a professional for vs work we could do ourselves? If money was no object, we would hire someone to do this, but it is an object, and winter is coming on ... it would be nice to be warm. We have all the wood we could ever burn, but there are times when we would need a furnace.
Installing the thing seems difficult but possible. Installing the ductwork seems like a lot of work. And I'm sure there are design issues that I can't imagine. Where is a good place to start with the research? Is there a good money-saving combination of work to hire a professional for vs work we could do ourselves? If money was no object, we would hire someone to do this, but it is an object, and winter is coming on ... it would be nice to be warm. We have all the wood we could ever burn, but there are times when we would need a furnace.