Furnace Installation in Fort Morgan, CO
A new furnace here will run from October through May every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Morgan County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat, and nights near 16°F
Fort Morgan asks a lot of a furnace. Winter nights average 16°F from December through February, and homes here need heat running from October through May, eight months of the year. That is most of the calendar spent leaning on a furnace to keep up, night after night, in cold that does not let up quickly.
A new furnace here has to be built for that stretch, not just for a cold snap. Any non-weatherized gas furnace made since November 2015 has to reach at least 80 percent AFUE, so that is the floor to expect, not a feature to ask for. With over half of homes in the area heating with gas, a properly sized, correctly installed furnace matters for getting through a Morgan County winter without the house falling behind on cold mornings.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 16°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 52%
- 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 $80 a year to run in Morgan County compared with a gas furnace.
Estimates for a typical Morgan County home, from EIA household energy data, Colorado 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 layout, so a contractor needs to run a load calculation to give you a real answer. Guessing based on your old furnace's size or a general rule of thumb can leave you with a unit that's too big or too small. A furnace that's oversized will cycle on and off too often, and one that's undersized will run constantly and still struggle to keep up on a 16°F night. Since homes here need heat from October through May, getting the size right matters for most of the year.
- How do I know it's time to replace my furnace?
- Frequent repairs, rising heating bills, and uneven heat from room to room all point to a furnace nearing the end of its life. Listen for banging or screeching, and pay attention if it won't hold a consistent temperature anymore. An older furnace works harder to do the same job it used to do easily, and that shows up in your bills before it shows up as a breakdown. With heat needed here from October through May, a furnace that struggles now will likely fail when you need it most.
- Is a high-efficiency furnace worth it?
- It depends on how much you run your furnace and how long you plan to stay in the home. Since homes here need heat for 8 months of the year, a furnace gets more use than it would somewhere with a shorter winter, so efficiency gains add up faster. Any non-weatherized gas furnace made after November 19, 2015 already has to reach at least 80 percent AFUE, so the real question is whether stepping up further makes sense for your household. A contractor can walk through the options and price out what fits your home.