old furnace replacement help on ducts?
Hi all, first I had fresh water tank questions, now I'm onto furnace questions... Restoring old holiday rambler 25' trailer from late 70s. Furnace doesnt seem to work (have 12v power and gas hooked...
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darla_m wrote:
Hi all, first I had fresh water tank questions, now I'm onto furnace questions...
Restoring old holiday rambler 25' trailer from late 70s. Furnace doesnt seem to work (have 12v power and gas hooked up, when I turn on thermostat absolutely nothing happens). Figured I'd be better off replacing it anyways. It's an old suburban.
Found someone selling a new from last year suburban on craigslist and looks like it will fit the space/heating capacity etc however, MY old furnace is ducted directly into the floor via a rectangular "mouth" cut out of the bottom. This goes into three separate ducts to heat the rest of the trailer.
The one he's selling (a Suburban NT20SQ) has holes in the side for ducts.
I'm a first time RV owner so I don't even know if they make furnaces like mine anymore that vent into the floor?
I would really appreciate any insight anyone might have to offer on how to convert/adapt/etc. I can't really do much floor modification at this point, so would really like to not have to cut new holes etc. Would it be completely insane to cut a hole out of the bottom of the new furnace to line up with the hole in my floor?
Would appreciate any advice! Thanks
I think you could do that. Without seeing the whole thing it's hard to tell. You would need to Plug the old holes in the furnace after you cut a new one.
