Oldest Furnace Contest
September 1st - September 30th, 2010
Got an Old Furnace?
Enter our oldest furnace contest for a chance to win a new Rheem 95+ high efficiency gas furnace! If your furnace is the oldest entered, we'll provide you with a brand new furnace to replace it. All you have to cover is the installation cost.
If Your Furnace Isn't the Oldest?
Even if your furnace isn't close to being the oldest, it's still worthwhile to enter our contest. We're giving away prizes for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th places as follows:
| 2nd Place | Honeywell Vision Pro Programmable Thermostat incl. installation (value up to $295) |
| 3rd Place | 1 Year Peak Performance Service (PPS) Agreement - includes 1 A/C and 1 Furnace precision tune-up (value $179) |
| 4th Place | Honeywell Focus Pro Programmable Thermostat incl. installation (value up to $135) |
| 5th Place | One (1) Year’s Supply of Pleated Air Filters or 1 Space-Gard Filter (value up to $60) |
PLUS we’re giving away 5 Furnace Precision tune-ups (value $103.95 each) to 5 lucky winners drawn from the remaining entrants. We’ll also do a FREE safety check and ductwork inspection for entrants upon request. It only takes a few minutes to register!
What's the Catch?
Here's what's in it for us. The contest is a great marketing tool and will help us with market research. We'll take lots of pictures of old furnaces to use in our marketing. We're going to try and get newspaper coverage about the contest, so we want a picture of you standing next to your new furnace. We also want to get 12 months of utility bills from you before and after the replacement, with permission to use the savings in our marketing. How simple is that? If you have any questions at all about the contest that aren't answered on our web site already, please call us at 260.744.3251 or 800.900.3251. We're looking forward to a FUN contest where everyone gets something!
How to Enter?
You may enter the contest in one of the following ways
- By filling out the online form
- Downloading the entry form and returning it by mail or email,
- By calling us at 260.744.3251 so we can send you the entry form.
Complete Contest Rules
The complete contest rules may be viewed here, or downloaded here or if you prefer call us at 260.744.3251 and we’d be happy to mail you a copy.
Congratulations to Willie & Cheryl Taylor of Fort Wayne!!!!
Our 2009 Contest Winners
Willie and Cheryl Taylor were “Doc” Dancer’s 2nd annual oldest furnace contest winners with a furnace that was estimated to be 94 years old. WOW! It was an old Lennox gravity furnace converted years ago from oil to gas. The house was built in 1915, and Willie has lived in the house since he bought it in the 1970’s. His wife Cheryl said he’s redone just about everything in the house…..and now they have a BRAND NEW RHEEM high-efficiency gas furnace!
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| Old Furnace | Willie and Cheryl Taylor with their dog Buddy and the New Furnace |
Willie is a retired supervisor from G.E. and Cheryl is an auditor at Aetna Insurance, where she has worked the past 35 years. They are members of Pilgrim Baptist Church, where Cheryl sings in the church choir. They love to travel in their spare time. They also have 6 children between the two of them and 23 grandchildren!
In addition to the Taylors, the following homeowners won prizes this year:
2nd – 5th Place Prizes based on age of furnace
| 2nd Place | Kathy Hazelwood | Honeywell Vision Pro Programmable Thermostat incl. installation (value $295) |
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| 3rd Place | Rosemary Payton | 1 year Peak Performance Service agreement – including 1 A/C and 1 Furnace precision tune-up (value $179) |
| 4th Place | Sandra Maddox | Honeywell Focus Pro Programmable Thermostat inc. installation (value $135) |
| 5th Place | Rob Rupp | One year’s supply of pleated air filters or 1 Space-Gard filter (value up to $60) |
5 Prizes based on drawing from all entries – Winners of a Furnace Precision Tune-up (value $103.95)
- Neal Harkenrider
- James Dykes
- Rebecca Stephens
- Fred Blakely
- Randy Krauter
We at “Doc” Dancer thank the Taylors and all 150 entrants for their entries in our oldest furnace contest. It was a fun contest again….look for the 2010 Oldest Furnace Contest next year!
Congratulations to Rob & Gretchen Johnson of Fort Wayne!!!
Our 2008 Contest Winners
Rob and Gretchen were the winners of "Doc" Dancer's 1st annual Oldest Furnace Contest. 
Their furnace was a VERY OLD gravity furnace that was converted from coal to gas. We estimated it to be as old as their home, which was built in 1890. That means their furnace was over 100 years old! Gretchen's great grandparents bought the house in 1924, and the house has been in the family ever since.
The Johnsons are excited to have a new Rheem 90+ high efficient furnace installed by "Doc" Dancer so that they can start saving money on their gas bills. They had been considering a new furnace for some time, but just hadn't gotten around to it. Rob said winning a brand new high-efficient furnace "is a blessing!"
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| Before - Old Furnace | After - New Furnace |