I have a forced air / heat furnance in my rental home. I was notified late this afternoon that the system doesn't turn on. When speaking with the maintenance technician he noted the furnace controler is "fried" and non functional. The furnance is manufactured by Consolidated Industries and approx 9 years old. The technician mentioned this company is currently out of business with spare parts pretty much non existant. He mentioned the control box needs to be changed but the spare part could not be purchased since they are out of business. Doing research of my own and having the owners manual I found the replacement and original part is made by honeywell and very easy to find via the internet. He mentioned that because the part is not available he wants to replace the furnace with a new one at a cost of 3k dollars. Does is sound like he is trying to pull a fast one on me? Should I consider replacing the furnace since it is over 9 years old or is there more life to expect?
2007-07-05
14:35:20
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Johnny H
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➔ Maintenance & Repairs