Furnace Installation in Lovell, WY
A new furnace here will run from September through June every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Big Horn County will get in touch.
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A furnace built for ten months of work
In Lovell, a furnace runs from September through June. That leaves about two months a year it can rest. Winter nights average 12°F, so for most of that stretch the burner is working to hold a temperature the outdoor air will not give you.
Most homes here heat with gas, and any new furnace has to meet the federal minimum of 80 percent AFUE. Big Horn County has also logged 27 winter storms and 58 damaging wind events over the past ten years, the kind of weather that knocks out power along with the heat. A new furnace should be sized and installed for a place where winter is not a season so much as most of the year.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 12°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 64%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 80% AFUE
- the federal minimum any new unit must meet
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A high-efficiency gas furnace would save about $130 a year to run in Big Horn County compared with a gas furnace.
Estimates for a typical Big Horn County home, from EIA household energy data, Wyoming fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
- What size furnace does my house need?
- The right size depends on your home's square footage, ceiling height, insulation, and window count, so there's no single number that works for every house. A furnace that's too big will short cycle and wear out faster, and one that's too small will run constantly and still leave rooms cold. A contractor will do a load calculation on your actual house, not just a rule of thumb, and size the furnace to that.
- How do I know it's time to replace my furnace?
- If your furnace is calling for repairs most winters, or the repairs are getting bigger, replacement usually makes more sense than another patch. Watch for uneven heat between rooms, a burner that won't stay lit, or a furnace that runs longer than it used to just to hold the same temperature. Homes here need heat ten months out of the year, so a furnace that's struggling has to work harder for longer than it would somewhere milder. If yours is older and showing any of these signs, have it looked at before it fails on a night near 12°F.
- Is a high-efficiency furnace worth it?
- For a house that needs heat from September through June, a high-efficiency furnace has a lot more months to earn back the difference than one running in a climate with a short winter. Every non-weatherized gas furnace made after November 2015 already has to hit at least 80 percent AFUE, so the real question is whether to go higher than that minimum. A high-efficiency model wastes less gas venting out as heat, which matters more the longer and colder your heating season runs. A contractor can walk through the options for your house and tell you what fits.