I’ll never get rid of my gas heat and stove. That said, nothing modern seems to be built to last more than 10-15 years. I bet a new oil boiler would not last like your old one.
I think these appliance companies did some research and figured out that most people move every 10 years or less and they build the appliances accordingly. On Sun, Apr 2, 2023, at 19:30, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > This does not sell me on the idea of getting a heat pump. The state of > MA is all hot for everybody to get rid of their old oil burners and get > heat pumps but if 15 years is the lifespan I'd say pass. The boiler in > our house was here when we moved in back in 2006. It's probably from > the 1990's and works just fine. > > -Curt > > > > > On Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 12:10:03 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > 15 years is probably its useful life span. > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 12:05 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> IIRC 2008 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 2, 2023, at 10:51 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > How old is it? >> > >> >> On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 10:47 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> A while back the wife said it sounded like the heat pump was going out >> as it was loud. I was out of town but when I got back it seemed perfectly >> normal. One day about a month ago it was running and the outside unit was >> loud like a bearing in the fan was going out. Also, the inside unit was not >> running at all. I shut it off figuring I would turn call the service >> contract people. Later on it got cold enough to turn it back on so I did. >> All seemed normal until this morning. It has been warm so it was shut off >> but I did turn in on last night as it got cold. It was fine then a little >> while ago it was back to the fan bearing sound outside, and inside unit was >> not running. I shut off the thermostat and after a minute or 2 the outside >> unit shut off as expected. Just now I’m sitting here and with the >> thermostat completely off, the outside unit started running. It sounded >> normal with no fan bearing noise but the inside unit was not running. In >> fact, it’s out there running right now. I’m getting ready to go shut the >> breaker off. What is going on with this thing? >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
