Furnace Installation in Springfield, MO
A new furnace here will run from October through April every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Greene County will get in touch.
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Seven months of heat, most of it under freezing
Greene County homes run the furnace from October through April. That's seven months a year, and on the nights in between winter lows average 25°F. A furnace here doesn't get much rest between seasons.
Any furnace installed new has to reach 80 percent AFUE, the federal minimum for gas furnaces built since November 2015. Wind and winter storms both show up in this part of Missouri, and either one can knock out power for a stretch. Worth asking how the furnace you install handles a power interruption, since more than half the homes here heat with gas.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 25°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 52%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 80% AFUE
- the federal minimum any new unit must meet
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A high-efficiency gas furnace would save about $150 a year to run in Greene County compared with a gas furnace.
Estimates for a typical Greene County home, from EIA household energy data, Missouri fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
- What size furnace does my house need?
- The right size depends on your home's square footage, how well it's insulated, your window count and layout, and your ceiling height, so there's no single number that fits every house. A contractor will walk through and run a load calculation to figure out the actual heat loss for your home, not just measure the floor space. Going by square footage alone leads to a furnace that's too big or too small, and either way you end up paying for it in comfort or in wear on the equipment. With winter lows here averaging 25°F, getting this number right matters more than it would somewhere milder.
- How do I know it's time to replace my furnace?
- Age and how often it needs repair are the two things to look at. If yours is cycling on and off more than it used to, running longer to reach the same temperature, or you're calling for repairs every winter, that points to a furnace wearing out rather than one bad part. Homes here need heat from October through April, so a furnace on its last legs has seven months a year to fail you. A cracked heat exchanger or a control board that won't reset can leave you without heat when it's 25°F outside, and a contractor can tell you whether what you're seeing is worth fixing or worth replacing.
- Is a high-efficiency furnace worth it?
- It depends on what you're comparing it to. Every non-weatherized gas furnace made since November 2015 has to reach at least 80 percent AFUE, so even a standard furnace today wastes less gas than older models did. A high-efficiency furnace burns less gas than that minimum to produce the same heat, and with over half the homes here heating with gas and seven months of furnace use a year, that difference shows up more than it would somewhere with a short winter. A contractor can walk you through the actual models and what fits your house.