Furnace maintenance - Page 6

   vacume any dirt/dust off the  burners ,  vacume dust off pilot light
area. change air filter , clean blower fins if dirty . dont let a hvac
guy charge you 100.00 for doing that. its easy. they will say you need a
whole new furnace  regarless of what you want done. see, hvac guys dont
want to fix anything anymore,just replace the whole furnace.

http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm

 

Do you feel the crap you're suggesting is the only things that get done
during a routine clean/inspection?
If so, that's really sad!

  On Sep 8, 1:49 pm, ds...@webtv.net wrote:

Thanks for the helpful advice, for the two that gave it.  For the
others, perhaps you don't like to see how long you can keep something
going.  Not to mention dropping 3000 $ is not something I want to do
until I gave to.  And the gas company will get that money regardless
if I get a new unit or not, just a little slower with the new unit,
but they would know that I got a new furnace and jack up the rates
anyway.

 What is vacume?

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: vacume any dirt/dust off the  burners ,  vacume dust off pilot light
: area. change air filter , clean blower fins if dirty . dont let a hvac
: guy charge you 100.00 for doing that. its easy. they will say you need a
: whole new furnace  regarless of what you want done. see, hvac guys dont
: want to fix anything anymore,just replace the whole furnace.
:
:

 On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:49:16 -0400, ds549@webtv.net wrote:


Mine is 30 years old and still looks as good as new because I clean
the insides and outsides regularly.  Had the gas company check the
heat exchanger tubes two years ago and they're OK.  

I took out the attached humidifier years ago because of window
condensation.  It also had too much lime buildup on the water tray and
sponge element.  A replacement sponge is ridiculously expensive.
Worse, the humidifier was  fungal culture heaven.  The sponge element
and water tray always felt slimey.  It would have received fungal
spores, pollen and airborne particulates from the fresh air intake.
There's food and warm water to promote fungal growth.   Imagine the
spores that get circulated.  Respiratory distress.  Or that regular
winter flu season.  I haven't had recurrent winter flu for some years
now.