Installing suburban propane furnace

[chev49]

Methinks thats plenty for the oregon coast. but it doth get down past freezing there quite a  bit in winter...
if one wants a small wood stove at counter height, get a antique trash burner.. got one at philomath at a yard sale for $5.  even has the two holes for the water coils for heat... n i framed it in with sheet steel.
another idea that my older brother made for his regular motorhome in coos bay was to take a 4 gallon propane tank and make a grate, n door, weld legs, etc up..

[Lin]

I have an Atwood furnace that was already installed when I got the bus.  It is very old.  Last year, the motor was making a good bit of noise.  These assemblies are cheaply made, so it had brass bushings instead of bearings.  I think the replacement motor was in the range of $40. or so.  The complete access to it was outside.  It took about an hour to change out without knowing what I was doing.  I would guess that someone that is accustomed to it would do it in half the time.

It I were installing a furnace in a new conversion, I would also look to have the the smallest exterior hole as long as the access to it was near as easy as this.  Aside from being a bit noisy (not near as bad as a rooftop AC), these furnaces seem to be very dependable, last a long time, have plenty of parts available, and are easy to replace.  I am not sure the you could say the same for the premium systems.