Direct Vent
I purchased a home in Gilford in 2001 with oil heat and a "power venter". The people I purchased the home from said they had been thru MANY heating service people and that it was hard to find one who could keep the venter working properly. They did give me the name of "the only guy who had made the system work right in 12 years". I have used him since the purchase. After the first year I decided the power vent system looked old and worn, and it was noisy as hell. I had the service guy install a brand new "state of the art"power venter that would be much more reliable and quiter. $2000.00 later, I have a pretty unit with the vent motor outside the house, I have the unit cleaned and adjusted each year and it works great........... for 4 weeks. After that time the system get noiser with each passing day. The blower wheel and mechanism get encrusted with combustion byproducts and need to be clean constantly. I have also had to replace the motor and blower wheel twice in the 2 winters I have used it. It is not a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that you are relying on a piece of equiptment that few people carry replacement parts for on their truck. At this point I own a spare motor so that I am "not left out in the cold" when the unit dies. The moral to this story is if you want to use oil, put up a chiminey. Or would you like to buy a slightly used, very pretty, stainless steel top of the line Field Controls Corp power venter. It was only used on weekends by a little old lady.
Good Luck
Charlie T
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