mobile home furnaceWhen cold weather approaches, no one wants to be left out in the cold while living in their mobile home. If you are looking to replace your furnace, there are a few things you need to know.

Mobile home furnaces differ from conventional home furnaces. When shopping for a mobile home furnace one needs to keep this in mind. The biggest difference between a mobile home furnace, and a “stick-built” home furnace is the fact that a mobile home furnace is considered a “zero clearance” furnace. This simply means the outside of the furnace can come into contact with potentially flammable material.

Another major difference with mobile home furnaces is that they have smaller ductwork than other site-built homes, therefore mobile homes require special furnaces designed to move air through them properly.

There are several different manufacturers of mobile home furnaces.

Coleman Mobile Home Furnaces – Coleman makes furnaces that are 80%, 95% effiency, as well as electric mobile home furnaces.

Thermopride Moible Home Furnaces – Thermopride offers mobile home furnaces with 95% efficiency, and come with a 10 year warranty.

Nordyne and Hamilton also offer mobile home furnaces.

One will need to choose if they want an electric mobile home furnace, or gas. Electric furnaces tend to be cheaper than gas furnaces initially, but with gas furnaces, heating bills will be lower in the long run due to the fact that natural gas tends to be a cheaper energy source.

If you have an older furnace installed, you might want to look at replacing this unit. Older mobile home furnaces are very inefficient, sometimes as low as 65% efficiency. Furnace efficiency ratings basically measure how effective your furnace is in converting natural gas into heat. Most newer mobile home furnaces are 85% efficiency or greater, which can equate into a tremendous cost savings in your monthly utility bill. You should also check to see if you might qualify for tax credits.

We recommend if you are doing any furnace repair, or replacing your mobile home furnace parts, you do it by hiring a professional technician who has experience working on these types of units.

We hope this article gives you some good information to utilize when purchasing a mobile home furnace. Good luck, and stay warm!