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Alt.Home.Repair - Home Improvement Usenet Group

Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.

There are 879 threads in our archives.

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AMERICAN STANDARD Energy Star Certification? [7 articles]

2009-10-29 08:23:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
I am wondering if anyone in this group has had any experience with my situation or has any info on this problem.: I just bought and had installed an American Standard Triumph 16 (16SEER) combo fu...AMERICAN STANDARD Energy Star Certification?

Electric Baseboard Thermostat [7 articles]

John - 2009-10-31 22:42:00 [In: Electrical & Wiring | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01CA5A37.A13AD910 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My elec. b...Electric Baseboard Thermostat

Help with correct furnace exhaust PVC [20 articles]

theedudenator - 2009-11-03 07:33:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Plumbing & Water Supply | Walls & Ceilings | ]
My furnace stopped working, it had some read-outs saying the exhaust was not working. Turns out the exhaust pipe was full of water and filled the exhaust fan with water. I cleaned all of this out,...Help with correct furnace exhaust PVC

HVAC Question [21 articles]

Jeffy3 - 2009-11-05 08:41:00 [In: Cleaning & Sanitizing | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
Had an estimate from SEARS for a new gas furnace / central air the other night. Sales guy recommended a humidifier system and an electro- something filter system that allegedly removes all kinds of...HVAC Question

Oily smell from gas furnace/AC [6 articles]

Dave Boland - 2009-11-02 22:37:00 [In: Energy Efficiency | Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
Late last August we noticed an oily smell coming from the central AC. It is even worse now that heating is on. The furnace is gas, high efficiency, and was checked by a furnace repair person. Th...Oily smell from gas furnace/AC

Insulating block wall garage [11 articles]

Part of my garage was going to be below grade so to make things easy, we did the whole 1st floor block. Now I'm really regretting it due to high heating and cooling costs. My original plans were...Insulating block wall garage

heater guy says replace furnace/AC [47 articles]

When can these things be repaired, versus being replaced? Forced-air gas heater didn't seem to be sending up any heat today, so I cycled it a bunch of times, then finally descended to the 10x10 b...heater guy says replace furnace/AC

Drum, flow-through or mist humidifier? [7 articles]

We're going to have a whole-house humidifier installed. We don't want to go through another winter with cracked skin and static electricity. We have a 1970's-era two story house of perhaps 2000 squ...Drum, flow-through or mist humidifier?

Paint matching (am I expecting too much...?) [50 articles]

A while back I had to demo a kitchen cabinet to allow a new fridge to be moved in... I was in a time crunch and didn't have time to go to a real paint store that day so I went to That Orange-Colo...Paint matching (am I expecting too much...?)

furnace blowing all the heat up the chimney [44 articles]

I'm tired of people telling me that there's nothing wrong with my furnace. There is something wrong with my furnace. It's a 10-year-old Amana 45,000 BTU, 80% efficient unit in a 1300 square foot ...furnace blowing all the heat up the chimney

Where is the air coming from. [8 articles]

mm - 2009-11-06 08:27:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | ]
How do I accurately figure out where air is blowing out from, from my furnace flue area, which is next to my hot air duct. I'v used a match, but it keeps blowing out. Tonight I took a pencil ...Where is the air coming from.

furnace blower sticks on [17 articles]

Matt - 2009-11-07 06:21:00 [In: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation | Maintenance & Repair | ]
I have a York Stellar furnace that is 16 years old. After the heat cycles on and off, the blower will occassionally stay running. If I tap the fan/limit control very lightly the metal disk unstick...furnace blower sticks on

I understand why new furnaces are more efficient, but why AC? [22 articles]

I think I understand why new furnaces are more efficient, but why AC? I finally read an explanation about the exhaust air being cooler, as low as 90 degrees F from gas furnaces, and more heat extr...I understand why new furnaces are more efficient, but why AC?

doublte walled flues [5 articles]

I'm reading another thread about furnaces, the long thread where the house won't heat up "furnace blowing all the heat up the chimney" and someone wrote that flues are double-walled. Is that always...doublte walled flues

Service agreement [11 articles]

I just has a new heat pump and furnace installed and was asked if I wanted a service ageement. It included -Furnace/heatpump checkup (cleaning blower motors,burners, clean condenser coil, etc) -re...Service agreement
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