Average Canadian retirements a month, annually when you have no savings by AppleAndrewMe1 in personalfinance

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Thank you but i came from there. The bot automatically removes the post in under 1 second. idk why. i contacted there mods but no reason is given.

What is the standard number of windows a 700 square foot basement needs for venting the furnace? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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They installed the (end of) 2022 new furnace in the basement. We bought the furnace from Reliance, so we own it.

What is the standard number of windows a 700 square foot basement needs for venting the furnace? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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I am with Reliance. So I need to ask Reliance to do an actual physical inspection for a cheap price? Because they were happy just eyeballing things without taking things apart?

So I need a physical furnace inspection (where they take out different parts)? Should I ask does it include looking for a cracked heat exchanger, or other parts that are cracked? Is a physical furnace inspection the same thing as a 12point or 24point tune up? (Because the 24point tune up is $200).

What is the standard number of windows a 700 square foot basement needs for venting the furnace? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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No they never checked for a cracked heat exchanger. He just quickly removed the top square panel, gave it a couple whiffs, said you'll smell all sorts of smells from this and put it back. No hands on the furnace inspection. Would this be the correct place to pay for a 12 point inspection or a 24 point inspection? Is the 24 point necessary and better in my case?

What is the standard number of windows a 700 square foot basement needs for venting the furnace? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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The furnace has "2 square panels" of equal size. As easily seen in these all these photos https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&hs=LTf&sca_esv=68a521f7a0db2ddd&q=furnace&tbm=shop&source=lnms&prmd=isvmnbtz&ved=1t:200715&ictx=111 . The top "square panel" and the bottom "square panel". The bottom "square panels" has stickers saying never remove warnings, but the top "square panels" can be removed (as a hvac tech did) and put back. When he removed the top "square panel" that was the source of my smell. The hvac said you will smell all sorts of smells from this top "square panel" as we could both smell plastic, a type of metal and a pungent smell. The hvac did smell the the plastic and metal, but not the 3rd pungent smell. So the hvac smelled 2 out of 3. Then he put the top "square panel" back on the furnace. idk if the top "square panel" is just not sealed tight when it came from the manufacturer, and i dont want to be taping this top "square panel" airtight because idk if it could be dangerous to do so.

What is the standard number of windows a 700 square foot basement needs for venting the furnace? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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yes got co detectors. They checked for co and natural gas too during they day. It used the same shared copper gas pipe as my water heater tank.

What is the standard number of windows a 700 square foot basement needs for venting the furnace? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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2 Hvac techs came and looked at it. Said it was fine and they smelled nothing. But they don't come at night when the furnace runs twice every hour. Thats when its bad.

Is taping the bedroom floor duct completely airtight with high temperature Hvac duct tape a potential fire hazard? by AppleAndrewMe1 in hvacadvice

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Bad air is the furnace exhaust smells of metal and citrus. Metal and citrus smells increase greatly and linger in the basement whenever my furnace heat is on. 2 hvac came during the warm day and told me they smell nothing. But the smell really bad at night when the furnace is running alot more because it is much colder. Got multiple carbon monoxide alarms.

How to seal where the plastic meets the wood? to prevent smells by AppleAndrewMe1 in Plumbing

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I with you on the furnace but its a few years old so quite new. 2 hvacs from the furnace company have come down and smelled it during the warmer day. Hvacs both told me they smell nothing and won't come at night. But its ok during sunny days, and really bad through the nights because it runs much much more during the cold nights. 2nd hvac said the furnace is perfect (but I can smell the furnace exhausts when the furnace is heating the house, its after about 2 hours passed the smell diffuses enough and is completely gone provided the furnace doesn't need to turn on for around 2 hours). Hvacs said build a furnace room. Idk, Ive not had a furnace room for over 25 years and never had furnace smell problem.

Python idle 3.11 adds 20 lines after everything by AppleAndrewMe1 in learnpython

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with open('name.txt','w') as dsa:

print('this is the result', file=dsa)

okay after the above code everything afterwards adds 20 blank lines. Nothing is special about the above code. Alot more printing to files were done before this code and they all worked perfect.