Very few substantial changes were ever made to my house, save some minor remodeling in the kitchen, which left the original cabinets intact. The kitchen doesn't have a heating vent, and the original back door isn't insulated and leaks like crazy. (an aside - I've use a curtain from a decorating project 3 homes ago and a bath rod that didn't fit over the bathtub to put in a press fit curtain over the door. It's really helped with the heat loss, big time). It gets cold in that thar kitchen.
So here is my vintage 1938, American Gas Association approved furnace, built in Beverly Hills (ya think they're still in business? ;) )
I love this thing. Unlike modern forced air furnaces, it is dead quiet. It heats up the house nice and quick. I loath to replace it, though I know I will have to one day. Something modern that is more likely to break and noisy. Just wish you could have energy efficiency *and* quiet at the same time.
I was twiddling with the valves in the ducts to try to balance out the heat to the house. The bathroom received the lion's share of the heat, and the living room would freeze. Tweaked the bathroom, bedrooms, living room and dining room vents. I had an extra duct.
It went to the kitchen.
When the prior owners did their minor kitchen remodel they closed off the vent. So I get to freeze my butt off every morning when I make my breakfast. Joy!
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You would be surprised at how quiet and small the new gas furnaces are today. When the time comes for a new one you'll be able to get an even better furnace than you have today! Best of luck with your home.
wow, that furnace is something else! How dumb on the previous owners part to have NO heat to the kitchen! Whatever were they thinking? Oh yeah...PO's rarely think I've found.
Try to stay warm.
I can vouch for how quiet the new furnaces are, I don't even notice it's running half the time. We had an early 50's oil furnace before, the old furnaces sure used to last, although I'm sure almost every part had been replaced at some point.
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