My Mobile Home Furnace Went Out and I Still Saved Some Money

Last week, my mobile home furnace went out on me and the family. It was perfect timing, too. I mean, it’s never perfect timing, but it was as good a time as any for it to break down. The weather just started to break and the day that the furnace kicked the bucket was the first day in months that it even got above 65 degrees. I know, I know, I shoulda had it checked out before winter hit, but I got lucky and didn’t have a catastrophic problem while it was cold.

I had a guy come out and look at it. Apparently one of the bearings or something seized up on the blower. He said he could replace the whole blower unit assembly, but with the age of my furnace, finding the right part would be tough. Even if I did find it, my current mobile home furnace would probably cost me more in the long run just on extra energy costs. Plus he said my air-conditioning coil had a fair bit of corrosion on it and it would be a good idea to replace that, too. That sealed it for me. With all the money I’d have to put into getting the furnace back up and running, the old unit would still only last me maybe another 5 years and cost that much more to run, too. So why not get a new, more energy-efficient unit that will last much longer?

Well, I didn’t have a good reason. He told me I could save a few bucks if I ordered the furnace and coil myself. He gave me the specs and I went to look for the best deal. Pretty quick, I discovered that MobileHomepartsStore.com was by far the best deal out there. I ordered a Revolv furnace and had it delivered to my home along with the coil. While I was shopping online I thought about a few other projects that I should tackle, like the fixtures in the bathroom, and thought that with the money I was saving, I should probably order those, too. The furnace man came back and unpacked my new furnace and had it installed in a day. While he did that, I worked in the bathroom on the faucet and other fixtures. I don’t think that guy gets a commission from MobileHomePartsStore.com, but maybe he should. I’ll definitely be shopping there again.