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Originally Posted by Hudsonwolf
I checked the proposal again and with all your helpful comments now I think they want to take me for a ride:
The 8k is simply to install a new gas burner on the existing oil fired boiler and remove two small 130 gal tanks in the basement.
I will get more quotes, I guess. But it still seems worth it.
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That is a WHOLE different ball game. You obviously have hot water heat (BOILER--not forced hot air), so they are going to switch out the 'burner' and not replace the furnace. There still are some of the things (like air intake/exhaust) which have discussed here, but the price seems quite high.
And if there is 100 gallons of oil in those tanks when he comes to do the switch, and he takes that and resells it, plus selling the tanks to another customer, or for scrap, he can drop $1,000 in his pocket from just the 'residuals'.
Get another estimate...or three.
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