Hi. I would like some advice. I have an 18 year old Bryant furnace
that seems to work fine. The blower motor went south on it last
Friday. The company that I have a service contract with recomends
replacement of the entire furnace as it has exceeded its life
expectancy. They'll replace the blower on the old one, but are
advising against throwing good money after bad. They say about $500 to
replace the motor, about $2800 for the new furnace (both installed
prices). It's a single family home. The current furnace is 125,000
BTU 60% efficiency, the new one will be 110,000 and more efficient
(80%).

Please help me decide what to do. I am leaning towards accepting the
advice of replacing the furnace, but was not ready for a big-ticket
item just yet. I just want to know what the common sense thing to do
would be. The service company is a reputable one and has been
servicing this house for many, many years. I just owned this house for
about 1.5 years.

Many thanks,
Vladimir