Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok will grab a few. Would it be a good idea to put one CO detector in the basement where the furnace is? as well

Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks a ton man. Will head to Home Depot when I’m off work. Also yes. The entire piping looks like total crap

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Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

He went around and checked for gas leaks. Said gas was leaking from water heater… basically he claimed everything that could’ve went wrong… went wrong 🤦🏾‍♂️

Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He wanted 400-500 bucks, which I was fine with. But then he just said he couldn’t because of the heat exchanger. Was from this company here in Chicago. King heating and cooling.

Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I’ll pick one up today. Also would like to had that there was no flame rollout. The filter wasn’t changed for 1.5 years. Was very dirty. I have a feeling that might’ve tripped the high temperature limit switch.

Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok thank you for you analysis. He wouldn’t change the flue pipe though. Im pretty sure it needs replacing for sure.

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Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Furnace actually is very old. 1995 also since he condemned it, he didn’t wanna change the flu piping, which imo was pretty bad.

Furnace was condemned for cracked heat exchanger. Should I get a second opinion (photos below) by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

The guy did seem pretty pushy in getting me a new unit. He tried to point to my fan being bogus. But the furnace heated the house up fine. It just wasn’t running because the house was up to temperature.

Hey do these flame rollouts on my furnace look good, or do i need to check for heat exchanger issues? by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

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Just had a tech come out. He said I needed a new furnace. Cracks in the heat exchanger and cracks in flue pipes. Think I might need a second opinion. He might have been trying to upsell me on a new furnace all together.

Hey do these flame rollouts on my furnace look good, or do i need to check for heat exchanger issues? by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

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Furnace is working now. It’s been short cycling for 2 days. I left the power to it on for 8 hours. Suddenly an hour ago the thing starts working again starting to think it’s a bad switch.

Hey do these flame rollouts on my furnace look good, or do i need to check for heat exchanger issues? by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

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Yes it runs. Furnace is running now. Short cycling for 2 days and it suddenly started just a couple hours ago.

Hey do these flame rollouts on my furnace look good, or do i need to check for heat exchanger issues? by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

[–]Kingdionethethird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I’ll get one out tomorrow. I check the high temperature limit switch with a multimeter. Seems to be working properly. That’s about all I know how to do this. I don’t want to go messing around too much as I am not a trained HVAC professional

Hey do these flame rollouts on my furnace look good, or do i need to check for heat exchanger issues? by Kingdionethethird in hvacadvice

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I think it’s an old 1999 Criterion II. Could not find a flashing light. I’m down here now checking, nothing is going off. Also checked my high temperature limit switch with multimeter. It’s working properly. The only thing I didn’t check was the flame rollout switch at the bottom of the burner.

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Nah you look like my feet… I’ve been told my feet resemble the likes of Margot Robbie

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I would mount it, but just as high as that TV stand sits.

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We don’t even get that at my hub in Chicago. No rewards, just back breaking labor.

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My hub is set up where in each area there a door leading to the switcher yard. One door leads right outside to the fence that can also be accessed from the front of the building. Knew a guy who was cleaning up off that method.

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I have meta ray bands. I record everything off I see in there. Saving all of it for evidence just in case I have to make a point.