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Originally Posted by EvoFire
Looking into if our existing heating system can last a few more years. Replacing it is going to be a 5 figure sum that I don't want to spend right now. If it can last another 5 years I might be able to squeak it into redevelopment for my area and just sell at that point. The other bit is we have been using our heatpump minisplits upstairs and the gas heating system is really only being used to warm up the basement.
The space where my hot water tank and furnace sits is very small. I don't actually know if they can pull the furnace out with the water tank in place, which is for me (unexperienced) sounds like a massive undertaking.
Some one suggested replacing it with the instant on system for the heater but I'm not sure I have enough space to just throw one in there and not remove the old tanked system.
Let's just say, a series of "if it's not broken, don't mess with it" + money saving decisions have put me in the current spot.
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If that's the plan, I'd say get some backup in place just in case. Like a few space heaters now that winter is over, if any retailer still have any stock, you might be able to source them for cheap.
The idea is simple... things tend to break at the absolute worst moment.
I was kinda on the same idea as yours as we had plan to do a full major reno down the road and I thought to stretch it as much as I could. Then the system just went kaput last year when it started getting really cold at 10PM at night. So I had to rush to any store that was still open and to friends' place to borrow any space heater I could get my hands on.
At the end, I just gone ahead with the full replacement. Sized and installed with capacity to spare for either the additional 1400sqft that I'm planning on adding or a full rebuilt of up to 6000sqft or 8000 if I do a lot of insulation and not just up to code.