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What is a quieter alternative to gas forced air heating?
My small 1BR apartment has an old gas furnace that works great, but costs my landlord too much to insure. He plans to install gas forced air, an in-unit upright furnace. I'd love to suggest a ...
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Why is my furnace blowing hot air outside?
So I have been having trouble heating my home. I noticed today that there is a vent blowing hot air outside. It is not the return, chimney or venting. Any ideas other that the builder thought we ...
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Should the fill line be removed when decommissioning an old oil tank?
So, I have a contractor decommissioning my old 650-gallon oil tank. There is a 3" metal tube coming out of the ground from the tank that is what I believe to be the receptacle used to fill the tank ...
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Why does my pilot light keep going out?
My furnace pilot light keeps going out so I changed the thermalcoupler now the furnace will come on and heat up to the degree set on my thermostat, then the pilot goes out and the furnace will not ...
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Why won't the heat shut off in one zone?
we have a three zone baseboard hotwater furnace. a few months ago one zone would randomly stay on, we did change the thermostat we have not noticed the problem again, but in another zone we have the ...
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How can I clean out the pressure switch port at the inducer housing on a Lennox G40UH furnace?
I have a Lennox G40UH(x) furnace, but the gas does not ignite, because water may have entered the system while raining, or the the pressure switch port at the inducer housing has just to be cleaned.
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Why won't my condenser turn on when I run my heat pump?
I have a York Affinity condenser. When I run my heat pump, I expect it to turn on somewhere in the cycle but it doesn't. It generally does this once a year. The usual fix is to cycle the power of the ...
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How do I know if my high limit and low limit are set correctly on my aquastat?
I have a boiler that is only providing heat for my forced hot water baseboard system (4 zones). I've always thought that the high limit on the aquastat was too low (the temperature on the boiler ...
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What to do about furnace that's drawing gas odors into the room instead of heat?
I have a gas furnace. It was heating up the place fine and worked for years until the other day.
All of a sudden it started drawing air that smelled like strong gas odors into the room rather than ...
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Is it OK to turn off power to a fuel furnace?
Is it OK to turn off the power to a fuel furnace to replace the thermostat? Will the furnace start back up once power is restored? This is on a new furnace with an old thermostat and fuse panel.
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Can I connect an outdoor wood stove to my current HVAC system?
How to install a wood stove as an auxiliary heat source? (Main is electric furnace with forced air)
I've read this question, it doesn't really answer what I need to know. What I would like to do is ...
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Where can I find resources on Gas Furnace manufacturers
We are going to replace a 30 year old residential gas furnace. We have estimates for furnaces from Rheem, Trane and Bryant. This is a rental, so we aren't going for the 95% with tax rebate but ...
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Why does the gas furnace blow cold air at the start of the heating cycle?
What does this problem sound like?
There is a 25 year old gas furnace in the house we rent.
(The guy that owns the place claims there is NO problem at all. He said the igniter is brand new and ...
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Why does my gravity vented wall Furnace keep turning off/
We have an Empire gravity vented wall furnace:
That turns off. According to the instructions, this is because the vent safety switch. But when I open up the furnace, it appears to be vented just ...
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Why does my furnace need frequent power resets?
I have a NOMA Programmable thermostat attached to my furnace.
The set point is usually around 21 degrees, and the room temperature is reading around 17 degrees. The furnace is not coming on.
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Can I close the garage vent on my furnace?
My furnace duct system has a vent in the garage, right over the furnace. Is it necessary for the proper operation of the furnace to keep that open? I'd hate to waste the money heating up my garage, ...
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Why do our baseboard heating pipes make a loud banging noise after a new furnace was installed?
We had a new furnace installed about a month ago. The heating in our house is hot water baseboards. Ever since the new furnace was installed, when the heat comes on or turns off, there is a loud ...
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Are discount furnaces safe to use?
More newbie questions ;-)
The house we're looking to buy has an older furnace that "may be manufactured by the Permier/Consolidated furnace company" according to general inspections. We're in the ...
