Furnace project update

Well, our furnace project in the basement is finally done. The old one was removed, and a new one installed. The gas line was also moved, and the duct work replaced (and some of it moved to make room for our new staircase that will be built). We are so excited to move on to more projects now....Matt has already begun building some of the new walls (more of that later)!

Here is a look at our old furnace. I'm pretty sure it could qualify as an antique!

Hmm... apparently the furnace had not been cleaned since 1994? Hopefully that wasn't correct and the sticker just wasn't updated, haha. Oh well, we have a new one now anyways!

 

And here is a look at the new one!

Looking forward to having a much more efficient house this winter once we need heat (it should save us almost $300-500 per year we estimate on gas bills), and it has a feature we didn't have before that circulates the air from downstairs to upstairs.... so even though we dont have AC we can cool down the house in the summer with the cool basement air. 

Overall, the project including the new furnace plus installation cost us about $5,500. We should be able to get a rebate on the new efficient furnace though, which will be nice to get somewhere close to $1,000 of that back!

More Flowers

Love my flowers. These are from the backyard. I have to hack this rose bush back each year, it just grows like crazy and would take over the yard if I let it. And I hate this chore....I always end up on the losing end covered in scratches. Oh well, at least this year I've found another purpose for them!

Why I love my husband #2

To set this story up... we built a new wall (the first one in this basement project) next to where the staircase is. It is replacing two other walls and supporting the beams across that part of the basement ceiling, so that we can tear out those walls. The new wall is bolted down into the concrete, which keeps it extra secure.

So... after we finish the new wall  and we are tearing out the other walls.... Matt says to me "Look at at these old bolts". And I'm like "yeah, I see them, whats the big deal?". He says "Well, look at those other people's bolts compared to my bolts".

I just had to laugh. "Yes honey, your bolts are much bigger".  Such a boy.

Why I love my husband

Just had to share this little story. A week or so ago we were working on things in the basement (tearing down a wall and putting in a new one), and in a nerdy vampire loving moment... I say to Matt  "Look, this broken piece of wood would make a PERFECT vampire stake".

Matt looks at me seriously, turns around and walks away, and then comes back 5 seconds later and says "I think this one would be even BETTER".

Haha. Good thing we found each other.