The pipe on mine will be at least 9 feet off the ground, so snow build up shouldn't be an issue, at least I hope not. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] the furnace is on order
> Well, mine has an elbow but it is only about 20 inches above grade. > Usually there is enough heat to more or less keep the snow away clear but > my house is very well insulated and quite air tight so the furnace doesn't > work all that hard when it is warm enough to snow and if the wind banks it > up while the furnace isn't cycling a lot it can cover over the end of the > exhaust. When the furnace does cycle on it may work a time or two but this > only serves to melt some snow and condense some vapor and form a nice ice > bubble.At night my thermostat cuts back to 16C or about 62F at about 10:30 > and doesn't come back up until 7 the next morning. A lot of snow can build > up in that time. > > What I intend to do is create a box with horizontal slats but tilted to > shed snow and water maybe about a cubic meter so there is always some > space around the outlet. I might extend a three or four inch pipe up from > it with a hat so that there is always some ventilation or maybe even a > length of weeping tile just to make sure there will always be more than > enough escape. > > When properly installed the exhaust also slopes toward the outside so that > any water condensing will run down hill to the outside. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:43 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] the furnace is on order > > > > Might I suggest once you figure out Dale what you are going to do to > prevent snow drifts , etc from blocking up your heating system that > you first get a Canadian and then american Patent. . apparently when > new heating system ideas come out they do not test in all types of > situations , well the way I found out about putting the elbow on is > because of what I listened to on the radio during the blackout of 87. > it was a flaw in the original design. Now the other problem which I am > thinking you have with the snow, as we do. where we never had snow > drifts ten or fifteeen yearts ago we might have now because of the > change in storms as well as the winds. . I'd be interested on finding > out what Geno had at the end of his pipes if anything after he had a > new system installed last year up in Maine. or any other person who has > a new furnace with this type of exhaust. Lee > > On Tue, > Jul 08, 2008 at > 09:27:33PM -0400, Dale Leavens wrote: > > Do be aware that the intake and the exhaust can become blocked by snow, > it happens to me most every year at some point. The safety devices sense > if there is too much resistance to the exhaust and they won't allow the > furnace to ignite. What can happen is a drift of snow will cover the > outlet, it may work fine for a cycle or two but the exhaust gasses aren't > very hot, maybe 80 or so degrees and full of vapor. This can form ice > around the exhaust and seal it up pretty snug. > > > > I intend this year to make something of a vented box to place over my > exhaust to create a large open area in the hope that this will help keep > the end clear. It is a difficult thing to get to in my situation , the > other side of the house to the drive and generally there is a drift at the > corner of the house about 6 feet deep to wade through. > > > > Still, it is a lot better than climbing up on the roof. Usually it > happens after one of those blizzard downfalls where driving snow forms a > thick deep drift. > > > > anyway, you will probably be happy with the new furnace. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Don > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:55 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] the furnace is on order > > > > > > Great idea on the vent pipe. It should be great this winter. Keep warm > for less money, that couldn't be all bad.. Regards > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David Ferrin > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:06 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] the furnace is on order > > > > We've decided to go with the 95% efficiency model furnace. It's $240 > more than the 94% unit but I figure with the price of natural gas and > electric spiking around here almost every day that minor cost adjustment > won't even be noticeable at all. It's a Lennox if I spell that correctly > unit and the guy first said they vent them out the roof but I killed that > idea toot sweet. I said vent it out the side of my house which in fact is > not the storm side which is closer to where the furnace room is located. > He said that he had already been up on roofs shoveling snow off of the > vent pipe so a customer's furnace would light but like I said not here no > way. I'm sure as many of you out there know if that vent pipe gets blocked > your furnace is not going to do it's thing. It will be no sooner than next > month some time, when exactly though I have no idea. With 2 guys it is > billed as a 1 day job as the saying goes a turn key system. I'll post more > if anybody is interested as things progre > > ss. > > David Ferrin > > www.jaws-users.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.6/1540 - Release Date: > 7/8/2008 6:33 AM > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- > Is there life before breakfast? > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1544 - Release Date: 7/10/2008 > 7:37 AM > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > 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 > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > >
