customerjim
Wisconsin,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, April 01, 2011
Hello,
I came across your report and being a HVAC technician I thought I might offer some help. My first suggestion is to call your local gas company and ask them to check for leaks? This service is usually free. Your report doesnt say if your on lp gas or natural gas? If you have a tank in your yard and using lp gas in my area it is about 4.50/gallon. Most of the tanks hold 250-500 gallons. Your average home on lp gas will fill the tank 3 times during a heating season. If you are on natural gas which is what I suspect, that monthly bill would be way out of line unless your forgetting the swimmimg pool your heating? It does depend on weather, insulation, windows, temp. setting in house?, gas stove?, gas dryer?, gas water heater? Just as an average, usually a family of four in a post 70's ranch home , with gas furnace of 90% eff. or greater, and a gas water heater during the winter month can expect about $350 gas bill. While I will not offer any good will to Sears(frankly the hacks they hire for installations has ruined part of our HVAC industry) I can say for them that if there are no leaks present there is nothing they can do to make the furnace "less efficient". That big yellow sticker on the side of your furnace is set by the maker of the furnace and goes through gov. testing to confirm its efficiency. Hope this helps, good luck