He probably needs to extend the chimney pipe a little higher. Still, a modern closed combustion unit will give more room, tighten up the air envelope of the living space and pay back in about as many years as the furnace will last I figure.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spero Pipakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:26 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] The furnace, she is dead, not quite. > Dan, > > What causes the down draft? If that were eliminated, wouldn't the furnace > last longer? > > Spero Pipakis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dan Rossi > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:16 PM > To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The furnace, she is dead, not quite. > > > > On Monday, while Teresa and I were cleaning up and putting the living room > back together after the great floor stapling, I noticed the furnace didn't > sound quite right. After a bit of experimentation, I figured out that the > pilot was fine, the thermostat was fine, band I could hear the circulating > pump kick on, but no whoosh of gas and flame. I shut the system down, > including the pilot and power, and then started everything up again. No > joy. I called the furnace guy and he was there in short order. I knew > when I purchased the house that the furnace had some issues. Well, it has > a lot of issues. There was a down draft that used to blow out the pilot > all the time so they put in a chimney liner that was supposed to help > reduce the down draft. Then they put in an igniter that constantly tries > to spark the pilot light. Well, there is still a bit of a down draft which > occasionally causes the main flame of the burner to spread and roll out > from where it should be. This cooked the gas valve and so I had to get a > new valve put in, 700 bucks. > > Also, the chimney liner, which slows the draft causes a lot of > condensation > to rain out of the chimney which is corroding parts of the furnace. I am > sure the new gas valve will last a while, but the furnace is on it's way > out and so I am probably going to look into a wall mounted, side vented, > sealed combustion chamber, unit and have it installed in a new location > this summer. I had been dreaming of this, but hadn't planned on spending > the five grand just yet. Oh well. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/700 - Release Date: 24/02/2007 > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
