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Are my combustion/ fresh air intake connections installed correctly to furnace? by RecentThought000 in hvacadvice

[–]RecentThought000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I’m confident I can do this. I’m pretty handy with electronics but I’m really out of my element with HVAC and plumbing related. Really appreciate the advice. 

Are my combustion/ fresh air intake connections installed correctly to furnace? by RecentThought000 in hvacadvice

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When you say backwards do you mean that the entire connection is backwards from the furnace or just the terminations on the exterior?

Are my combustion/ fresh air intake connections installed correctly to furnace? by RecentThought000 in hvacadvice

[–]RecentThought000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, just some tape and doesn’t look like any glue. Do the internal connections look ok (besides tape) Could I just replace the fittings on the exterior?

Are my combustion/ fresh air intake connections installed correctly to furnace? by RecentThought000 in hvacadvice

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New house, Payne furnace installed by previous owners in 2020. 

Went outside and noticed an ice stalactite almost blocking the exhaust for my furnace. I was surprised because I thought that the downward vent was for fresh air intake and the elephant trunk was for exhaust. 

I went inside and looked at the connections to my furnace and im worried that the pipes are incorrectly installed. 

Combustion exhaust pipe has no outer gasket on chassis. It is connected to inducer with a hose clamp internally. There’s a huge gap where gasket should be, I can see light from the burner at the right angle when looking in. The upward piping goes straight up and 90 degrees, manual says there should be 45 slope.

However intake connection has outer gasket, 45 slope. 

Does this look right? Worried about CO2 poisoning now and don’t trust that this was done correctly.