The heat exchanger is the core of a home heating system. Whether it is a furnace or boiler, the heat exchanger is one part of the unit that cannot be ignored in regards to maintenance and efficiency. To do so may be deadly. So whether your unit has recently been diagnosed with a bad heat exchanger, or if you are just curious as to what your heat exchanger does, hopefully this will clarify your understanding of this vital component to your heating system. » Read more: Understanding Your Heat Exchanger
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Understanding Your Heat Exchanger
April 5th, 2010Prevent Furnace breakdowns
February 1st, 2010Furnace Tune-Ups can really help prevent breakdowns and potential hazards. A thorough furnace cleaning, when done correctly can save you money, time and improve the efficiency of your current heating system. » Read more: Prevent Furnace breakdowns
HOLY ANCIENT FURNACES!!!
November 11th, 2009Ancient furnace
Wow, now this was a treat to see. I know a couple of guys over at Four Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning and called them when I heard about this. They apparently had a customer call in to replace there old furnace. The estimator went on site to assess what would meat the customers needs and was blown away with what he found.
They found a 100 year old Lennox Furnace. The beast looked right out of some horror movie with all the ducts coming out the top and a circular body and large cast iron hatch. The best part was that, despite having changed from coal, to oil, then onto gas, the furnace was STILL fully operation and in good working order!!!
The owner of the home was considering replacing the furnace in order to make use of the tax credits this year and take the opportunity to get a more efficient model. However they had been generally happy with it’s operation and reliability, so had never really considered replacing it.
Four Seasons posted some of the pictures on there web site for anyone interested in checking it out. Well worth the visit and I really hope they save that furnace or send it to Lennox for a display or something.
News on heat exchangers
October 12th, 2009This topic I got from an area HVAC Company’s web site and I wanted to give our experts here an opportunity to review and comment on Heat Exchanger Experts. You can find there article on the topic here.
- Have you heard of heat exchange testing or certified heat exchanger experts?
- Is this…
- a concern to you guys
- training you do
- training you wish you could get
- why?
- Is there anything consumers should ask when scheduling with there HVAC company this winter and fall?
I could see a lot of companies trying to write something like this off if they don’t have it or stressing how important it is if they do the training. So what should customers think and why? If any of our writing experts want to tackle this topic I will link it in as you get it up. Other wise, if your int the field and have thoughts, go ahead and post some comments on it so we can jump start things.
