Avoiding Open Flames
December 21, 2006 12:03 PM Subscribe
Is there any where I can buy a furnace in the DC area and pick it up today? It needs to be all electric, and not a heat pump.
I know this is not going to be an efficient system, but I need something I can actually install myself, this weekend, so anything with a compressor and compressor lines is out. I want a plain old, all resistance heat furnace. No a/c. The ducts are there and I can do the work to get them attached. You don't really want to know the back-story, believe me.
I know this is not going to be an efficient system, but I need something I can actually install myself, this weekend, so anything with a compressor and compressor lines is out. I want a plain old, all resistance heat furnace. No a/c. The ducts are there and I can do the work to get them attached. You don't really want to know the back-story, believe me.
Whoops. Sent a link to water heaters, not furnaces. I thought they carried furnaces, but I can't find them. Sorry 'bout that.
posted by cerebus19 at 12:32 PM on December 21, 2006
posted by cerebus19 at 12:32 PM on December 21, 2006
i was in your position a few years ago. sears does have what you need, but they will be really reluctant to allow you to install it on your own, unless you are a trained installer of that kind of equipment. it took three weeks to get mine. check in the yellow pages under furnace installation and start calling.
sears was right about DIY--it's really easy to mess up the air circulation part and end up with carbon monoxide poisioning.
posted by lester's sock puppet at 12:57 PM on December 21, 2006
sears was right about DIY--it's really easy to mess up the air circulation part and end up with carbon monoxide poisioning.
posted by lester's sock puppet at 12:57 PM on December 21, 2006
Is electric baseboard out of the question for some reason?
posted by malp at 12:59 PM on December 21, 2006
posted by malp at 12:59 PM on December 21, 2006
check in the yellow pages under furnace installation and start calling.
If you do this, make sure you skip right past the listing for Harvey Hottel; one of the worst experiences I've ever had with any contractor.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 1:24 PM on December 21, 2006
If you do this, make sure you skip right past the listing for Harvey Hottel; one of the worst experiences I've ever had with any contractor.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 1:24 PM on December 21, 2006
Best place would be a local electrical or HVAC supply with a retail counter. Look in the Yellow pages under HVAC wholesalers. They'll often deal with you if you have cash, many trades people are on a cash basis.
lester's sock puppet writes "sears was right about DIY--it's really easy to mess up the air circulation part and end up with carbon monoxide poisoning."
Pretty tough to get CO poisoning from an electric furnace. Most jurisdictions will require you to pull a permit but allow homeowners to do this kind of work.
posted by Mitheral at 1:44 PM on December 21, 2006
lester's sock puppet writes "sears was right about DIY--it's really easy to mess up the air circulation part and end up with carbon monoxide poisoning."
Pretty tough to get CO poisoning from an electric furnace. Most jurisdictions will require you to pull a permit but allow homeowners to do this kind of work.
posted by Mitheral at 1:44 PM on December 21, 2006
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posted by Sassyfras at 12:16 PM on December 21, 2006