Kitchen Gas Appliances - Gas Furnace Winter Preparations
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10-29-00, 08:27 AM
Winter Furnace Preparations:
Below are a few service & tips for preparing your heating furnace for winter useage. Although not meant to be all inclusive for each type of heating appliance, many of the suggestions, I hope, will be helpful.
If you have any hints, tips, instructions or safety suggestions, please post them for us all to learn.
Natural gas or propane forced air furnaces:
Keep the heater clean and the area around it free of lint, dust, flammable materials & liquids.
Be sure to clean or replace the filter.
Oil the fan motor, if needed.
Be sure the fan motor/filter access panel is properly in place.
Inspect the interior of heat exchanger <Firebox> with a flashlight. Many furnaces have three or four and some up to six individual burner compartments that make up the firebox.
What your looking for are cracks, ruptures and distortions of the interior walls. Your also checking for soot, rust and scale particules in the chambers and on the burners, dust & debris. The burner areas should be clear and clean.
Inspect the exhaust vent. Be sure it's intacted and secured.
Inspect the ducting. <If safe access is possible.>
Inspect the pilot and burners during furnace operation. There should be no yellow flames.
Keep all fresh air intake vents <in the closet or room where the heater is located> opened or cleared.
Open all closed registers in the rooms.
Wall furnaces:
These furnaces are the types that are vertically installed and partially recessed in the wall. They have a lower door panel that opens to access the controls and burner.
Clean the unit and area near it. There should be no soot anywhere. Light the pilot. Turn on the burner. There should be no yellow flames visable in the firebox while the unit is on.
Floor furnaces:
These are the types that are totally recessed into the floor. Many can be walked on or over and are commonly found in large rooms or hallways. Other types are in the floor but the unit is on both sides of a wall. Heat is expelled from both sides through louvered panels. Both of these types of floor furnaces have a burner compartment <firebox> recessed in the floor.
On these units, clean the firebox area well. A damp cloth rapped around a small broom or mop handle can be used to remove dust and lint. Remove the inspection cover on the firebox. Use the extention lighter rod to insert the match into the firebox and light the pilot. Reinstall the firebox inspection cover and turn the unit on. There should be no yellow flames or soot visable.
If there is any doubt as to the safety of your heater, for your personal health & safety, have it professionally inspected and serviced.
Regards,
TomBartco
Below are a few service & tips for preparing your heating furnace for winter useage. Although not meant to be all inclusive for each type of heating appliance, many of the suggestions, I hope, will be helpful.
If you have any hints, tips, instructions or safety suggestions, please post them for us all to learn.
Natural gas or propane forced air furnaces:
Keep the heater clean and the area around it free of lint, dust, flammable materials & liquids.
Be sure to clean or replace the filter.
Oil the fan motor, if needed.
Be sure the fan motor/filter access panel is properly in place.
Inspect the interior of heat exchanger <Firebox> with a flashlight. Many furnaces have three or four and some up to six individual burner compartments that make up the firebox.
What your looking for are cracks, ruptures and distortions of the interior walls. Your also checking for soot, rust and scale particules in the chambers and on the burners, dust & debris. The burner areas should be clear and clean.
Inspect the exhaust vent. Be sure it's intacted and secured.
Inspect the ducting. <If safe access is possible.>
Inspect the pilot and burners during furnace operation. There should be no yellow flames.
Keep all fresh air intake vents <in the closet or room where the heater is located> opened or cleared.
Open all closed registers in the rooms.
Wall furnaces:
These furnaces are the types that are vertically installed and partially recessed in the wall. They have a lower door panel that opens to access the controls and burner.
Clean the unit and area near it. There should be no soot anywhere. Light the pilot. Turn on the burner. There should be no yellow flames visable in the firebox while the unit is on.
Floor furnaces:
These are the types that are totally recessed into the floor. Many can be walked on or over and are commonly found in large rooms or hallways. Other types are in the floor but the unit is on both sides of a wall. Heat is expelled from both sides through louvered panels. Both of these types of floor furnaces have a burner compartment <firebox> recessed in the floor.
On these units, clean the firebox area well. A damp cloth rapped around a small broom or mop handle can be used to remove dust and lint. Remove the inspection cover on the firebox. Use the extention lighter rod to insert the match into the firebox and light the pilot. Reinstall the firebox inspection cover and turn the unit on. There should be no yellow flames or soot visable.
If there is any doubt as to the safety of your heater, for your personal health & safety, have it professionally inspected and serviced.
Regards,
TomBartco