I love my furnace, but I honestly think that life was a lot simpler before I purchased my furnace.
When the salesmen convinced me to get rid of my wood stove so that I could purchase a furnace, he had many convincing reasons for why I needed to get rid of my furnace.
The first thing on that list was the convenience of owning a furnace instead of a wood stove. The furnace was supposed to make my life a lot easier, and I would save a lot of time and money by owning a furnace. That was definitely not true. Sure, I can use my furnace at night now without having to worry about the fire going out, and I don’t have to wake up early in the morning to turn my furnace on, but that is where the simplicity of the furnace ends. In nearly every other way that I can think of, the furnace had made my life more complicated. My woodstove was nearly indestructible. I had it for years, and I never needed anyone to repair that heating system. However, as soon as I purchased the furnace, I began spending thousands of dollars on my furnace. Every year, I had to get my furnace inspected by an HVAC technician, and the furnace was breaking down constantly. Also, even though I didn’t need to cut down wood for the furnace, I had to pay for all of the fuel for the furnace. I saved time by not having to start the fire or cut wood, but I lost that by getting a job to afford the furnace. I miss my wood stove.