Furnace Installation in Rawlins, WY
A new furnace here will run from September through June every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Carbon County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat a year in Rawlins
A Rawlins furnace runs September through June. December through February, the overnight low averages 13°F, and the furnace has to hold the house against that night after night.
A non-weatherized gas furnace built after November 2015 has to reach at least 80 percent AFUE. That's the federal floor, not a feature. Carbon County has also logged 775 winter storms and 1,556 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and power can go out with storms like that. A furnace installed here should be one that starts back up on its own once the power does.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 13°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 63%
- 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 Carbon County compared with a gas furnace.
Estimates for a typical Carbon 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, insulation, window count, and ceiling height, so a contractor needs to walk through and run a load calculation before naming a number. Guessing based on your old furnace's size is not reliable, especially if that unit was never sized correctly to begin with. With winter lows here averaging 13°F and heat needed from September through June, an undersized furnace will run constantly and still fall short on the coldest nights, while an oversized one will short cycle and wear out faster. Ask whoever installs it to show you the load calculation, not just a rule of thumb.
- How do I know it's time to replace my furnace?
- Watch how often it needs repair. If a technician is out every year for something new, that pattern matters more than the furnace's age. Uneven heat between rooms, a burner flame that looks yellow instead of blue, or a furnace running longer than it used to just to hold the same temperature are all signs it is struggling. Since homes here need heat 10 months out of the year, a furnace that is starting to fail gets tested hard and often, so it is worth having a contractor check it before a cold snap forces the question.
- Is a high-efficiency furnace worth it?
- It depends on what furnace you are comparing it to and how many months a year it runs. Any non-weatherized gas furnace made since November 2015 has to hit at least 80 percent AFUE by law, so the real question is whether it makes sense to go higher than that baseline. With heat needed here from September through June, a furnace that is more efficient burns less gas over those 10 months than a less efficient one doing the same job, and 63.2 percent of homes here already heat with gas. A contractor can walk you through the actual models available and price the difference for your house.