Acclaimed Furnace Venting Tip
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- Опубликовано: 1 фев 2017
- Did you know that snow can cause your furnace not to vent properly? By removing the buildup of snow around your outdoor vents you may find that heat is getting through your home much easier. This is also a great safety concern as well.
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It's a good thing that they put the intake so low to help create new problems. Way to go!
Indeed. I was careful to mount well above normal snowline in my DIY install. Also on the house's leeward side where snow doesn't build.
It’s -20°C in Edmonton, but he’s wearing a t-shirt! 😆
First of all he was wearing a shirt if you live in Edmonton -20 is like a summer day for Edmonton eskimo residence ⛄️
That's why the video is 45 seconds :)
My intake and exhaust are both 2 inch. I raised the intake 30 inches and put a 45 on the exhaust. Now the exhaust doesn’t linger near the intake. No more frost buildup on the intake and no ice buildup on the exhaust and only cost me about $15.
Do you have any suggestions for combating too much wind around the pipes? Where we live the wind pretty much goes in all directions and the furnace seems to act up when its very windy. It’ll start to hum but never actually starts blowing then the humming just stops after anywhere from a few to several minutes. We’ve had quite a few service technicians out and it never seems to get fixed. Can get very cold and frustrating.
Wouldn't it have been better to avoid future snow build ups just to also build up the intake pipe like the exhaust is doing? If the issue is that the exhaust might get sucked back into the intake could you just rotate the elbow so it blows away/ sucks in away from each other?
Thanks guys! True Canadians!
Access difficult to get to when snows. Is it ok to add extensions and raise well above ground to avoid the drifting snow from blocking? I dont want to constrict airflow by raising another 1-2 feet off ground if this will cause a problem, not concerned how it ‘looks’, im guessing thats why they put them so low to the ground in the first place? Tnanks
Yeah but how do you stop it? My skinny ass was up at 3:00 a.m. clearing snow
Outside is -20C = -4F & you're in short sleeves & we can't see your breath?
Thanks Kevin. I had a lot of rain then a sudden freeze. Can this cause my furnace not to operate, I'm getting an open pressure switch fault code? Thank you. Kim
Awesome info
I have goodman furnace and the exhaust and air intake run different direction. Furnace not heating. Called a technician checked the operation and notice both intake and exhaust run different direction. Undone the air intake from the furnace as a temporary fix. Furnace started heating the house. I am getting different opinions on this issues. Please advise thanks
All districts and manufacturers have different codes and specifications. It is important snow doesn't get too close to the intake, but is never something that can guarantee a big snow storm will not result in snow pilling up or drifting up higher than expected. Thankfully high efficiency venting through the side of the house is easy to monitor and correct if needed. Thank for the comment!
Acclaimed! Heating, Cooling & Furnace Cleaning what if I suspect a dead animal in one of the pipes and the health concerns?
-20 No Coat! Legend
We need furnaces that alternate the intake and exhaust ports every cycle so that any frost building up is melted on the next cycle.. have both pipes exit building in same fashion and they cycle then problem solved.. engineers, get on this... tired of going outside every 12-24 hours to clear out my intake when below 0F and windless.. eventually will be too old or crippled up to do this... and when going out there in -25F temps with windy condition easy to do damage to one's self especially if fall on that ice...
what if its on your roof and getting up there isn't an option? Is there a cool trick before calling a technician?
That is a massive flue for a furnace? LOL what size unit is that. One question I have and no one seems to answer is on the intake. That basically pulls air into the furnace, so if the outside air is smoke filled will the odor come into the mechanical room? I assume most of the air is burned off in combustion but curious about odors. Where I live people use chimney a lot and outside the homes is pretty thick with smoke fumes in winter, would not want that sucked inside.
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-20 and no jacket?!?!?!?
True Canadian!
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First thing I thought. How can we take this guy seriously now?
That's exactly like my brother .
48 second video.
s that withe moisture coming out of gas furnace exhaust toxic?
Is there anything one can put to cover the pipes to prevent snow covering them? If I am at home it is a question of shoveling, but if one is away how can one make sure the pipes do not get plugged with snow?
Run a 90^ from the exit and run it up the side of your house. Instead of having them only 1 foot off the ground, buy some extra PVC pipe, and run it up about 3-4 feet, then on the end, AFTER you put your 90^ , put a “T” fitting on as well, so THAT WAY, you now have 2 holes to suck air through, if 1 clogs, the other Will still be freed up
Isn't the intake called combustion air instead of fresh air?
Isn’t their a code for how high off grade the exhaust should be. Shouldn’t have to remember to go out and clean the snow. Plus your in Edmonton. Also why is the pipe so large.
do you recommend putting screens on either the intake or output pipes so that critters don't get in?
We do not recommend screens unless the manufacturer supplies them with the furnace. This is not typical. These pipes go directly into the furnace so no critters can enter the house. If either of these pipes does get something lodged in them or partially blocks them though, the furnace will shut down. A golf ball or pine cone for example.
Acclaimed! Heating, Cooling and Furnace Cleaning We have a thin screen on the intake and output PVC pipes. The pipes have a curved neck, so concern for small scriptures getting in there, stuck, die, etc. Just saw ice in there. Do you recommend leaving screens off, even with aforementioned concerns?
You’ll want a screen.
0:40 ? Or why not pipe it higher up so you don't have to watch it like a hawk? Maybe your in a southern state and that's why it looks like the intake is about 12" from the ground, I get it but.....Most state building codes say 12" higher than anticipated snow accumulation, and most of us have seen snow drifts/banks that can build up about 30" high around the house when it's only 10" on the open surfaces. Then (like mine) the house next door's driveway is next to the furnace exhaust side and they have nowhere to shoot their snow out of their massive snowblower except toward my house, so guess where it goes? Yep, they shoot it right up against the side of my house (where the furnace's exhaust is located). I'm thinking about attaching a big 6'x'8 piece of PVC lattice against my side of the fence where my exhaust is, like they say, good fences make good neighbors.
we trying to build our deck in our home, the exhaust pipe will be in between the deck joists
can the exhaust pipe be extend to the front of deck approx. 15ft? Thanks
You can run it under the deck but needs to be insulated. End of pipe cannot be under the deck.
They require screens by me.. No way the intakes are high enough for the weather there... I'm going to assume that is a dryer exhaust vent to the right of the intake and that was the only place to put the vents.. So I will give them a pass on the very low intake... But the far one looks like the dryer exhaust is above the furnace exhaust and to the left so I wonder what their excuse would be...especially even more in a corner because of drift...looks like they are far enough away from each other in the back at least 2ft by me
I am surprised by the number of people that are looking for ways to prevent snow from blocking the intake/exhaust. Per most furnace installation instructions, the vent pipe terminations should be at least 12" above the highest anticipated snow level. PVC is so cheap, why do so many installers not extend the pipe up?
It isn't only due to the snow on the ground, it is usually the moisture in the air, mainly on those cold cold nights where no wind, the humidity just hangs out side of house and the combustion intake air is frosting up due to pressure changes inside pipe and the temps.. I for 1 am tired of going outside every 12 hours to clear that out when we get a stretch of -25F or colder temps.. eventually will be too old to clear it.. we need a heater that can handle being on PVC as regular heat tape requires water in the pipe.. try to save money on fuel with 96% efficiency water heater for in floor heat and run into this issue.. perhaps the furnace should alternate intake and exhaust every other cycle and the 2 pipes get mounted similar.. ???
My HE Lennox was installed two years ago. The out/in pipes were the same as the previous, and I've had the vent freeze over (southern manitoba)about 4 times, a straight 3" pipe extending a few inches from the wall. I've seen many of a schnorkel configuration, elbow, pipe up and elbow. This would give drain back of condensation or just more place to freeze?
I used to run back with drill, spade bit, make a hole when the Lennox started emailing me. Right now I'm recovering from a car crash away from home and dread any messages while I'm recovering
Did they use the same pipes or replace them?
It's been a while since installation seven years ago. After numerous stopgap visits by the local heating company that did it when it dipped to the -30's, icing up the concentric exhaust. They believed the recommended concentric was the proper way to do it. Last late fall, I shelled out about $550 and got them to do split pipes (cement wall drilling). No problems at all this winter. I'm sure the furnace manufacturer (I forget short of going downstairs) bases this on milder US winters not Canadian ones.
@@SyzygyD I have found those concentric kits to be installed wrong with the intake and exhaust plumbed backwards but glad to hear you got it taken care of good luck 👍
-20 and wearing a t-shirt? LOL
so... how do you PREVENT from plugged with snow? if i am on vacation, i don't want my furnace to have this problem.
Preventative measures for preventing Hoar Frost:
Get as much separation between the furnace exhaust pipe and the furnace intake pipe.
Do not install furnace venting in an inside corner or other areas that might restrict exhaust or intake air.
That reply did not make sense !! If you don’t have proper clearance then the real answer is you can’t do anything . Or you could ask your neighbor to check from time to time
Tell me your from Edmonton without telling me your from Edmonton. Being outside in minus 20 like it's the first day of spring
Intake and exhaust by code should be 12" above expected snow level.
We didn't install this unit. but the snow what extremely deep in this spot. Great comment though!
the intake on my 90+ furnace was freezing up, watching (while running) from outside the house, exhaust pipe was blowing down , intake was picking up moist air, and creating ice to form on intake, so I sawed off last second pipe elbow allowing the moist air to blow straight out away from my house, and away from intake pipe and that stopped the freezing problem
Although modifying the furnace intake and exhaust pipes can result in this positive outcome, code requirements and manufacturer specifications are very strict. An alteration in the venting orientation and configuration may help the issue, but may not comply with these codes and specifications
Do you have 7 feet between your house and your neighbors house ? If not then that’s a no no and you could be asking for trouble
Why is the pipe so large? Any reason?
Long runs require larger diameter tubing.
What method do you take to clean it out ?????
Sanders 2032 anything would work ! Screw driver or long wooden spoon . But if you don’t have 12inch clearance of the ground then that’s your problem as it’s code here I. Canada
@@leelee287 I used a bottle brush that was flexible enough to follow the curved intake.
That fresh air needs to a minimum of 12” of the ground, that does not look like 12 inch
It happened to be a very snowy time of year here in Edmonton -- the packed down snow makes the vent look much closer to the ground than it actually is. We assure you, this vent is up to code! :) Thanks for your comment!
Clearances to the ground need to be over a foot. Some garbage workers in the US
How do you keep it from getting clogged?
Raise height, add more pipes