We have a 2 story/2 zone 1750 sq/f house; an oil furnace with a boiler mate tank (I think it's 40 gallons). We also have a Propane range, small fireplace and dryer. I'm considering switching to Propane due to the price of oil at the moment. On 1/11/12 we added 125 gallons and then on 3/1/12 we added 176.1 gallons of oil. To me, that seems a lot, and at $3.81 a gallon it adds up very quickly. Is it worth the price of the new equipment and installation to switch over to gas? I am looking at the Buderus wall hung model that seems to be pretty efficient. I live in central Maine if that matters. Thanks in advance.

I had a new Trane XV90 Gas furnace installed in my home in the spring of 2003. Since the install I have had the inducer replaced 7 or 8 times, 4 times alone since November 2010. I never really worried about this because my Trane furnace came with a 10 year parts and labor extended warranty so I wasn't being charged anything for the repairs. Now I'm beginning to worry, I just had the Inducer replaced again yesterday and I realized that if this problem continues, I'm going to soon be on the hook for the repair charges associated with this issue and it's not cheap. Does anyone have any idea as to why this may be happening? What can I do at this point? I contacted my HVAC contractor, they are the same ones that installed the unit and have done all the repairs. They said that they're no longer a Trane dealer but they would still call them to see if there is anything they can do. I think I'm going to start a letter writing campaign and blanket the entire Trane company. I was hoping that maybe they would extend the warranty out another period of time just for the inducer. I don't expect them to cover anything else because I know things are probably going to start going out on a 9 year old furnace. Has anyone else had this issue and what if anything should I expect from Trane? Thanks!