Lighting the furnace

[Moparal]

Since I shut all the valves off to my fireplace and wall heaters last summer, I had a heck of a time a bit a go trying to get them to light.  You guys be cautious when you turn the heat on. Even electric heat and lint. I don't recommend waiting till it gets cold for the first time either. You might be in for a surprise.

I had to bleed the lines starting at the tank, then the first hi pressure reg, then the low reg, then the line to the wall furnace, then the fire place. It took about an hr and a half.  Then I had to spray soapy water on the joints I broke apart to test for leaks.  Now I am ready for popcorn and a movie by the fireplace with the wife when the time comes.


Please be carefull

[426HEMI]

    I hate to mess with gas had an water heater that had a leak and I got a suprise a very long time ago.  Be careful.

[JH27N0B]

Mine got fired today for the first time in over 4 months.  We accidently cut into a copper water line for the radiant heat while putting in can lights in my kitchen!  I didn't think the radiant heat was in the ceiling! I know now, after the hvac guy came out and patched up the line.  He had to fire it up to check it out after sweating the patch.  And then I borrowed a heat detector so I could figure out where the lines were before we cut the rest of the holes!

[brads70]

Yah gotta get up on the roof and clean the chimney for the wood stove.

[426HEMI]

We have already turned the heat on and burnt out all the stuff that was in there.   

[67vertman]

Light the furnace?    that's just crazy talk. 


It is going to over a 100* here this weekend! 

All will be doing is....   & 

[moparclown]

Great reminder Alan
My oil furnace went under water this summer,heavy rains and the sump pump didn't kick on while I was at work.I dried everything out and sprayed wd40 on everything,I just tore it all down and did a full clean out and relized that I never dried out the reset switch and it is now junk(little circuit board)Have a new one on order,should be here in a couple of days.

[Moparal]

Im glad you were able to catch that before real cold weather set in.  SOME OF US dont have 100 degree weather in the winter Like certain members. And it is a good thing to be prepaired before the freeze.   And remember to check your water pipes before the cold sets in to. Which I should plug in my heater for the pipes since I just now remembered it.

[LAA66]

Light the furnace?    that's just crazy talk. 


It is going to over a 100* here this weekend! 

All will be doing is....   & 

 Yes,,,, still crappy hot in the west. Getting pretty tired of it really. 

 Another good idea (it does get cold here) is to caulk the gaps around receptacle and light switch boxes. Going the extra mile, the voids around  heat registers, ceiling lights, and windows allow air from the outside also. (also keeps the insects out.)   

[Moparal]

also keeps the insects out.)   


I was going to say scorpions and brown spiders in your case