Oil Furnace

[Shoebox Services]

How much TU would I need to heat a house with over 1700 Square Feet.

Is 100,000 BTU furnace sufficient?

Thanks.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, At what efficiency? And your location?

[Shoebox Services]

[Sid]

Depends on what color and how many coats of paint you have on your house. Is that with or without the doors open?

Don't call a local contractor. They'll want to charge you money to figure it out.

[Sid]

Oh, then thats 52,323.67 BTU's. Add the typical fudge factor and that'll be 152,323.67 BTU's.

But the above only applies if the garage and master bedroom both face South on a slab over a insulated basement.

Call a contractor pay him to run a load calculation.

[Lynne]

Thanks for all of your silly answers. I will call the Furnace company. We just moved into a new home and we were just wondering.

[Sid]

Not so silly when a little homework on your part would have determined there was more to it.

[Mike H]

Unfortunately for you, alt.hvac is not the place for such DIY or homeowner type questions. You would do better to post such questions in alt.home.repair.

[Tekkie®]

Shoebox Services posted for all of us...

How much money ya got?

[-zero]

It depends on how many Thermal Units you need to heat your home and how fast the Thermal Units escape from the house.

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