Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - Furnace Vent Problem?
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11-12-01, 02:14 PM
I've noticed a sooty buildup on the gable vent near where my vent pipe is from the furnace. This is the same pipe that was installed 33 yrs ago when we built the house. Could the pipe have rusted out?
Sharp Advice
11-12-01, 03:44 PM
Hello Parmgars. Welcome to the Heating and Cooling Appliance forum and our Do-It-Yourself Web Site.
The type and location of the furnace needs to be discribed in more detail. The term furnace is too generic. How the furnace vents and where it vents would also be very helpful also.
A furnace should be vented thru the roof or an external vent pipe attached to the exterior should be up above the roof line. How soot could get on a gable vent may depend on how the furnace is vented, the type of fuel used etc.
If your furnace is either natural gas or propane gas and it is producing enough soot to become visable on the gable vent, I would highly suggest you have a professional heating agent inspect and service that heater asap.
Please provide more detailed information.
Kindly expound in more detail the exact problem situation with the heating unit. Also explain which type of heating unit it is.
The location of the heating unit is often times very important in determining the cause of a problem, type of heating unit it is etc.
Location Examples:
Closet, attic, basement, roof, floor, wall mounted, etc.
Brand name of the unit. {Very important}
Age of the unit, if known.
Model number and serial numbers of the unit, if available.
{Very important}
Is a fan is used to blow the heat out of registers or is the unit a radiant heater unit? {Radiant means no blower motor or fan}
Type of ignition system the unit is equipped with. Constant burning pilot flame, electronic spark ignition or glow coil ignition? {Extremely important}
In depth and detailed information regarding the problem, helps to explain the situation your dealing with in a manner that allows those replying in the forum to fully understand the problem and offer the best correction method to advise, which is based solely upon the information you provide.
To add more information, please use the reply button. By doing so, the additional information you add will remain within this posting {Thread} and allow the professionals in this forum to follow the topic and reply with helpful advice and suggestions.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Suggestions:
Check the manufacturers online web site for additional product information, problem discriptions and problem solving methods, pictorials and schematics.
Check the recent postings and ARCHIVES, within this forum, for other postings on your topic, specific appliances problem or conditions and read the replies offered. Chances are the topic, condition and or problem has already been covered in complete detail.
Thanks,
Gas Appliance Forum Moderator
Tom_Bartco
The type and location of the furnace needs to be discribed in more detail. The term furnace is too generic. How the furnace vents and where it vents would also be very helpful also.
A furnace should be vented thru the roof or an external vent pipe attached to the exterior should be up above the roof line. How soot could get on a gable vent may depend on how the furnace is vented, the type of fuel used etc.
If your furnace is either natural gas or propane gas and it is producing enough soot to become visable on the gable vent, I would highly suggest you have a professional heating agent inspect and service that heater asap.
Please provide more detailed information.
Kindly expound in more detail the exact problem situation with the heating unit. Also explain which type of heating unit it is.
The location of the heating unit is often times very important in determining the cause of a problem, type of heating unit it is etc.
Location Examples:
Closet, attic, basement, roof, floor, wall mounted, etc.
Brand name of the unit. {Very important}
Age of the unit, if known.
Model number and serial numbers of the unit, if available.
{Very important}
Is a fan is used to blow the heat out of registers or is the unit a radiant heater unit? {Radiant means no blower motor or fan}
Type of ignition system the unit is equipped with. Constant burning pilot flame, electronic spark ignition or glow coil ignition? {Extremely important}
In depth and detailed information regarding the problem, helps to explain the situation your dealing with in a manner that allows those replying in the forum to fully understand the problem and offer the best correction method to advise, which is based solely upon the information you provide.
To add more information, please use the reply button. By doing so, the additional information you add will remain within this posting {Thread} and allow the professionals in this forum to follow the topic and reply with helpful advice and suggestions.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Suggestions:
Check the manufacturers online web site for additional product information, problem discriptions and problem solving methods, pictorials and schematics.
Check the recent postings and ARCHIVES, within this forum, for other postings on your topic, specific appliances problem or conditions and read the replies offered. Chances are the topic, condition and or problem has already been covered in complete detail.
Thanks,
Gas Appliance Forum Moderator
Tom_Bartco