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Yes, it's a bit more than 6 inches back from the door. Louvered doors wouldn't bet a good fit appearance (or sound) wise, so I'll need the air supplies increased.

It's time for me to set up an...

No, the water heater is in the garage

Yes, it's in a closet, behind a standard one piece wood door.

No one has a suggestion? This isn't a DIY question (I'm not a DIY-type) and it's also not to criticize anyone's work, it was how the house (that I bought 10 years ago) was built 40 years ago.
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I'm not sure if reading in this forum leads me to having more answers or more questions.

I have an 80% 120K furnace that has what seems to be about a 5 inch diameter sheet metal exhaust pipe....

Motoguy, I'm not fighting the answer. You've been most informative, thanks. Maybe my problem is that what I'm looking for performance-wise isn't how equipment today is sized or intended to perform. ...

I don't know. It's Ruud HiEfficiency and about 22 years old. I took off the covers of both the top and bottom compartments and saw paper sticker data (like the board schematic) but no size...

It's generous of you guys to share your know-how with people like me who know zip about this stuff. I'll try to briefly respond to some of the comments.

The car analogy - I don't like boring 4...

The ducts are sealed and insulated. I guess a quick response to your question is that the sleeping temp is too low for awake time and the awake temp is too high for sleeping. Something in-between...

I appreciate your comment but I'm not sure I fully understand it. My concern was the transition, not the setbacks themselves.

The setback isn't so much for saving energy, it's because we prefer to...

Motoguy and others, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, I appreciate it.

I understand your explanation of the advantage of longer on-cyles, but it's hard to let go of the opposite...

I'm not sure any of your customers would view this as a "perfect" situation. I certainly wouldn't.

I guess I'm a slow learner. Don't people use setback thermostats so that their furnaces DON'T...

Thank you for your comment.

It's not immediately apparent to me why you think my recovery time is ok compared to yours. I'm seeing two or more hours for 10 degrees in a mild part of California,...

Thanks for the comments.

The furnace has had an "annual service", by the company that installed it. I've lost confidence in that contractor and I'll be using a different one in the future.
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I understand what you're saying but there's nothing unique about my house in that regard, everywhere is the same.

Are you saying that 2+ hours to warm up 8-10 degrees in a relatively mild climate...

Under the floor is a vented crawlspace.

When we beefed up the attic insulation, the insul. contractor also bid on doing the floor. He said he'd be happy to do it, but suggested it wouldn't make a...

We use a daytime temp of 65 and a nighttime setback to 55. Overnight the house will stay in the high 50s (and the heat won't come on) on all but the coldest nights. Around here, a cold night is...