Good News About the Water Heater and Furnace
The water heater is only 3 years old and I realized when looking through the paperwork that it has a 10 year warranty!
The furnace, although very old, has been maintained annually since installed. We had Centerpoint Energy send one of their guys out to conduct an inspection and found out that the furnace is running more efficiently than it was originally designed to. He also recommended that we replace it with a forced air furnace, suggesting that we would probably save 30 to 40 percent on our heating bills. The estimates for a new furnace came in at around $5,000, so unfortunately it will need to wait. If it aint broke......