Like to hear from those who had/have steam heat and what you did when your oil furnace needed replacement.
My steam furnace's preheater for our hot water is leaking so my best guess is to replace the whole furnace since it is about 30+ years old. Lots of rust and I was thinking of replacing it last year.
Our current oil fired system has two massive radiators, one in the kitchen and one in the living room and another smaller one in the den. They all have one pipe to each. I do have gas heat in one bedroom. We use about
500 gal of oil per season.I do like steam heat but is it worthwhile to shift to baseboard? My guess is it will nearly double the cost of just replacing the boiler.
Should I go with gas (propane)or oil for the replacement?
Any experience with specific models/manufacturers?
Help greatly appreciated
GA