{"id":1057,"date":"2014-01-14T10:05:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2014-01-14T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:05:53","slug":"when-to-stop-repairing-your-furnace-and-replace-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/heating\/when-to-stop-repairing-your-furnace-and-replace-it\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Stop Repairing Your Furnace and Replace It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/heating\/furnaces\">furnaces<\/a> are usually things we rely on more than we think about. As long as you schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/maintenance-programs\">regular maintenance<\/a>, your furnace should last a good long time. Sooner or later, however, you&#8217;re going to need to put your old furnace out to pasture. Deciding when to do that can be tough, especially since buying a new furnace is a sizable investment. Here&#8217;s when to stop repairing your furnace and replace it.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest sign of serious problems with your furnace stem from costs. If you find yourself calling a repair service more often than you&#8217;d like, or if the repairs are starting to add up, you may want to think about a replacement furnace. In addition, as furnaces get older, they must work harder to do their jobs, which means that your monthly heating bills may go up even if you aren&#8217;t using the furnace more often than usual.\u00a0 Things may get so expensive that the monthly savings of a new unit outweigh the potential costs.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s the potential that a new system offers. Not only will it likely be a more effective unit than your old one, but it may offer options such as a variable speed fans, which can help you save energy.<\/p>\n<p>All of that can be compounded by the age of the furnace. If yours is older than ten years and experiencing problems, it&#8217;s a good sign that you&#8217;ll need to think about a new one.<\/p>\n<p>If you need Washington DC furnace repair service, call Polar Bear Air Conditioning, Inc. We can help you determine when it&#8217;s time to replace your furnace, and help you pick the right system for your home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/contact\">Pick up the phone and give us a call today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our furnaces are usually things we rely on more than we think about. As long as you schedule regular maintenance, your furnace should last a good long time. Sooner or later, however, you&#8217;re going to need to put your old furnace out to pasture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[134,209,83],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1070,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}