High Efficiency Water Heater
Switching from propane to Natural Gas?
We are buying a new (for us) home that is currently ran w/ propane heat, in southwest MI. There is natural gas that is ran down the road, so we plan to switch to natural gas. I tried calling Consumers Energy to get some info on costs, they wont even give me an idea, instead they want to charge me to have a "gas specialist" come out to give me a quote. The house it about 100' from the road. The stove and Hot Water heater are ran from propane. Any idea of the costs to switch everything over? I know that if we switch to a high efficiency furnace, there is a tax credit, but $ is already tight w/ other projects. Do you feel the high efficiency pays for itself? If so, how long does it take?
the oven, Water Heater just need a new gas jet ( orifice) cheap. and maybe a new regulator or adjust the regulator. Same with the furnace.
look on the back and under the top of your oven to see if the extra jets are there.
Maybe the jets are there for the heater too.
they were all prob converted from nat gas to propane.
It would prob be worth it to switch to nat gas. especially if the price of fuel goes crazy high.
The stove doesn't use much gas at all unless you use it all day long.
The water heater ? well that depends on how much you use.
you should google " diy solar water heater" that would take care of that for half of the year.
And I would not buy a new furnace just to get high effeciancy, it would take a long time to repay the cost of the new furnace. And you only use it part of the year. Also dont heat the Whole House unless you have to.
I think you should just stick with the propane for now because money is tight and you are just moving in.and you will plenty other things to keep you busy
Then in a 6 or 12 months you will have had time to learn more about it. There really is no need to git in a big hurry about it.
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