With the approaching winter season, it’s time to inspect your furnace and carry out any repairs it might need. You’ll need the services of a skilled inspector to assess the present status of the furnace. The inspector may report that the heat exchanger of the furnace has developed cracks and you would need to buy a new furnace. Before you jump out to buying a new furnace, it would be worth verifying the claims of the technician.

Basically, the function of heat exchanger in the gas furnace is to keep the combustion in the gas furnace confined to a metallic enclosure. The heat exchanger is heated by the combustion in the furnace and it’s this heat that is distributed all over the house.

In case the exchanger is really cracked, you have no option but to change the furnace as such an exchanger is harmful to the health of the occupants of the house. That’s because combustion in the furnace releases carbon monoxide, which is colorless and very toxic in nature. Usually, changing of the heat exchanger is not a very viable proposition economically, and in the long run it proves worthwhile to change the entire furnace

That’s why it makes a sensible choice to get the furnace examined once a year by a by a competent heating technician from Beacon Plumbing. Getting examined your heat exchanger and its other vital components from us assure that your furnace continues to work at optimum efficiently when you need it most.

You may contact us for your requirements of highly efficiency gas furnaces. The furnaces we offer come with a lifetime warranty of the heat exchanger. And, may we remind you that you can avail the tax credit for such furnaces only till the end of 2010. There are not many manufacturers offering an extended warranty of ten years on components and labor.

Where is the crack?

1.Don’t allow a corrupt technician to take you for a ride by reporting that the heat exchanger is broken and you require a new furnace. Ask him some embarrassing questions such as:

2.How large is the fracture?

3.How much air could escape from that crack?

4.Is the fracture really in the combustion area or in the frame of sheet metal?

5.How does the crack affect the efficiency of the furnace?

6.Are you able to see light (without blower) from the airside of the furnace?

7.What’s the location of the rack with respect to the openings of the burner and the flue opening on either end of the heat exchanger?

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