Heater Basement
Moving furnace and water heater for basement remodel?
We are thinking about moving our gas furnace and gas water heater to make the basement remodel more sensible. When they built our house, they were definitely not thinking and the floorplan is very tight.
Approximately how much would it be to do such a thing? Is it possible to create a new drain hole in the basement as well? We would want to move that too since it would be in the middle of the room = not ideal.
You are talking a lot of money. Moving the furnace will create a lot of problems. Its located in the center of your basement for a reason. Its so that all the heat vents will be balanced going to all the rooms. Changing the location of the furnace will change all that and will probably require re-doing a lot of duct-work, not to mention moving the gas feed line. Moving the water heater is not nearly as bad and will also require a new gas line. Changing the drain location on your floor may be the hardest of all. This will require a jack-hammer to break up your floor, re-lay the pipes and re-cementing. So as a professional who has finished many basements, i would recommend building a room around your furnace/water heater and design your basement around that. You need about two feet of walking room around the furnace/heater.
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