Hi First post here...My name is Mike and im in need of some assistance. Ive been browsing the forums a bit over the past year trying to get some ideas for what to do with my house I bought last July. I live in CNY and the house currently has a forced air oil furnace. I want to put in a wood something. Im 32 bought the house with 35 acres and have 3 boys. Gathering and splitting will not be an issue. The house is pretty big, about 3600sqft between upstairs and down(working on renovating the downstairs at the moment then the upstairs)...it used to be a ski lodge back in the 70s for a short time. down stairs ceilings are about 10ft and upstairs is all cathedral ceiling. theres quite a few windows upstairs also...so it seemed like one of the larger units that would work would be the Max Caddy, which from what ive read around here can easily heat over the 3000sqft that it was rated for.
I happened to have a cousin near Plattsburgh New York that bought the max caddy for there house 2 years ago....doing the wood was too much work for them they decided, and they just got natural gas down there road so they decided going with a new furnace...so it seems like I might of lucked out into being able to pick up their unit which they want to get rid of for 3000. its the oil combo unit which seems like a pretty good price? I can do all the install myself but just not sure if the unit will be quite enough for the house....also i noticed that the new unit on the psg website now states it can do 3500sqft but I didnt notice any difference in any specs between the new one and the old one? any input would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Mike
I happened to have a cousin near Plattsburgh New York that bought the max caddy for there house 2 years ago....doing the wood was too much work for them they decided, and they just got natural gas down there road so they decided going with a new furnace...so it seems like I might of lucked out into being able to pick up their unit which they want to get rid of for 3000. its the oil combo unit which seems like a pretty good price? I can do all the install myself but just not sure if the unit will be quite enough for the house....also i noticed that the new unit on the psg website now states it can do 3500sqft but I didnt notice any difference in any specs between the new one and the old one? any input would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Mike
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