The winner, Laurel Schrader, 73, of Rochester, has an 86-year-old wood-burning furnace that he has been using to heat the 2,400-square-foot home that his parents built in 1917. Schrader will receive a new Rheem high-efficiency replacement furnace.
In a statement to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Schrader said that he is tired of splitting wood and is ready for a modern heating system. “I’m getting too old to cut the wood [and] you have to keep feeding the furnace,” he said.