Question
Please recommend a professional who can help me fix and maintain my Caddy Advanced wood (primary heat) and Bosch propane (backup heat) forced hot air furnaces and related duct system. I am in central Vermont.
Background
For a long time, I heated my 1,600 sq. ft. circa 1955 cape with a Newmac wood/oil combination furnace (I have forced hot air). My house was always toasty warm and all it took was 3 - 4 cords of wood (a little oil when I was away). I never had any trouble getting the house to 75 degrees (and hotter) with just a load or two of wood. When I fired the furnace up, either the wood or oil side, hot air poured right out of my ducts, particularly into the kitchen where the duct is closest to the plenum. I loved everything about the system, but had to replace it when I cracked the heat exchanger last year.
I replaced the Newmac with a Caddy Advanced wood furnace, and this year I added a Bosch propane furnace for backup heat. Now, I cannot get the house above 66 or 67 degrees and I can only manage those temperatures if I am home filling the Caddy's fire box religiously from dawn until dusk. The air coming out of my ducts is tepid and I can barely feel it. The problem exists whether I am using the Caddy or the propane furnances.
I am frustrated and need to hire a professional who understands forced hot air heating systems, can maintain a wood furnance and related systems, and who loves wood heat. The guys who installed the furnaces are not an option. Any recommendations for someone who can get to central Vermont?
Please recommend a professional who can help me fix and maintain my Caddy Advanced wood (primary heat) and Bosch propane (backup heat) forced hot air furnaces and related duct system. I am in central Vermont.
Background
For a long time, I heated my 1,600 sq. ft. circa 1955 cape with a Newmac wood/oil combination furnace (I have forced hot air). My house was always toasty warm and all it took was 3 - 4 cords of wood (a little oil when I was away). I never had any trouble getting the house to 75 degrees (and hotter) with just a load or two of wood. When I fired the furnace up, either the wood or oil side, hot air poured right out of my ducts, particularly into the kitchen where the duct is closest to the plenum. I loved everything about the system, but had to replace it when I cracked the heat exchanger last year.
I replaced the Newmac with a Caddy Advanced wood furnace, and this year I added a Bosch propane furnace for backup heat. Now, I cannot get the house above 66 or 67 degrees and I can only manage those temperatures if I am home filling the Caddy's fire box religiously from dawn until dusk. The air coming out of my ducts is tepid and I can barely feel it. The problem exists whether I am using the Caddy or the propane furnances.
I am frustrated and need to hire a professional who understands forced hot air heating systems, can maintain a wood furnance and related systems, and who loves wood heat. The guys who installed the furnaces are not an option. Any recommendations for someone who can get to central Vermont?
