It's an industry standard: if a furnace has a cracked heat exchanger, it gets replaced. The American Gas Association has even put this in writing - they say "Any visible crack or hole is reason for ...

This completely DIY casting furnace turned out just great thanks to all the work [Biolit11] put into it along the way. He wanted to replace his older furnace with one that was more efficient, and to ...

Although the combustion analyzer doesn't measure them, proper ventilation/infiltration air, sufficient combustion air, and a safe heat exchanger are critical to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER — Over 400 people die every year in ...

Derived from the Latin word fornax, meaning oven, a furnace is a large heating appliance designed to evenly distribute heat throughout a building. Furnaces accomplish this by burning fuel internally ...

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On Oct. 13, 2007, I made mention in this space of a pending class-action lawsuit against Carrier Corp., the manufacturer of Carrier, Bryant, Payne and Day & Night brand 90 percent efficient furnaces.