Furnace Installation & Replacement in Salem Township, Michigan

Oversized furnaces are the norm in Salem Township, not the exception. The 1970s–2000s acreage homes and estate builds with century-old farmhouses between them that line the streets around Salem Township Hall on Six Mile Road got their original furnaces when the walls had no insulation, and the replacements that went in during the 1990s and 2000s simply matched the old BTU number. Temprasure's furnace replacement for Salem Township starts by fixing that: we calculate what the house actually needs today, which is often 30 percent less, and we install a furnace that runs long, quiet cycles instead of hammering on and off all winter. Free estimates for every 48175 address, flat-rate pricing, DTE Energy rebate paperwork handled.

Salem Township houses and what that means for furnace installation

Salem's houses are nearly all custom or owner-built rather than tract, and they are spread thin, so our calls here are long drives between very different problems. The 1850s–1920s farmhouses in and around the village have Michigan basements, rough stone walls and ductwork added in the 1960s or later, often with a furnace that is serving an addition it was never sized for. The 1970s–90s ranches and split-levels along Currie, Tower and Angle Roads sit on crawlspaces or walkout basements and frequently started life on fuel oil or propane. The 1995–2015 estate homes near Napier Road and along North Territorial are large two-stories with two or more furnaces, zoned systems and finished walkouts, commonly on propane with a buried tank. Many properties have a heated barn, workshop or pole building with its own unit heater. Older homes with converted oil furnaces and unlined chimneys are the most frequent safety finding we make here.

The side-wall vent on a condensing furnace needs a good spot, and Salem Township lots do not always offer one. Narrow setbacks between the 1970s–2000s acreage homes and estate builds with century-old farmhouses between them on the older blocks near Salem Township Hall on Six Mile Road, decks built right over the likely vent location, and bedroom windows on the only clear wall all complicate things. The vent has to stay clear of snow drifts, which in a Washtenaw County winter means well above grade, and it cannot dump exhaust where it will be pulled back into the intake or into a neighbor's window. We walk the outside of the house during the free estimate and show you exactly where the intake and exhaust will terminate before you sign anything.

Salem Township winters are long enough that a furnace runs more hours in a year here than an air conditioner runs in five. We maintain and repair the gas furnaces in the 1970s–2000s acreage homes and estate builds with century-old farmhouses between them near Salem Hills Golf Club and the historic Salem village crossroads, the hot-water boilers in the older houses around North Territorial Road corridor, and the furnaces in newer subdivisions out toward Pontiac Trail corridor where builder-grade equipment hits its first real failures around year ten. The shop is 14 miles away, the truck carries the parts that fail, and a heating call in Salem Township ends with heat on the first visit far more often than not.

Local details we plan around in Salem Township

• Every home is on a private well, and Salem's well water is hard and often high in iron and sulfur, which attacks water heater anodes and leaves scale on humidifier pads.
• Older farmhouses and 1970s ranches that were converted from fuel oil often still have the original oil chimney, and lining it is a standard part of any gas furnace replacement.
• Mechanical permits go through Washtenaw County, and the county inspector's northern rotation can add a few days to an inspection schedule.
• Salem is higher and more rolling than the townships along the Huron, and it is exposed to wind from every direction across open fields, with winter gusts that make the northwest corner of any house the cold corner. Snowfall runs slightly heavier here than in Ypsilanti because of the elevation and the distance from the river valley. Woodlots and the Johnson Creek drain hold summer humidity in the low spots, while the higher ground stays drier.