Dust-Free Furnace Startup this Fall

[mr2mike]

Someone didn't use ThePenisMighty's furnace start up method this morning.

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/explosion...hood-1.5575874

[ExtraSlow]

The dirty NE. Bridgeland is gross.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I'm just sharing my strategy for folks like me who haven't had their furnace heater running in several months and hate that dust sandwich that pukes out of it when it first comes on. I did this last year and it worked great. Follow these simple steps.

1. Open at least 1-2 windows on every level of your house.

2. Close all heat register/vents everywhere except your bathrooms (assuming your bathrooms have exhaust fans). Weigh down the ones in your bedrooms, particularly your kids' bedrooms.

3. Turn on HRV (if applicable) and stove hood fan.

4. Fully open or even remove register/vents in bathrooms and remove towels from near their airspace.

5. Turn all bathroom fans on for the maximum time and close the bathroom doors.

6. Turn thermostat up to initiate heating cycle on furnace and monitor the furnace in case it throws an error.

7. Allow furnace to run for about 20 minutes and then lower thermostat because it's likely not reached setpoint.

8. Repeat 6 & 7 within about an hour.

9. Marvel at the lack of dust stank throughout your house while you shitpost on Beyond and shower TPiM in precious +Rep.

10. Return everything to normal and have the help vacuum the house.


I think you'll find success in this method. It's not 100% but it's miles ahead compared to the regular dust cloud during a shitty allergy time of the year.
Any suggestions for improvements are encouraged.

Happy Autumn!

Skipped (ok, I forgot) #'s 1, 3 and part of 4 (left towels and registers in.)
Still profit.
Flawless Victory.

You're welcome!

[mr2mike]

Great video outlines how to clean your furnace burners.
Was looking for something like this. Every time I check mine they look new. Figured I was missing something. Apparently not.

https://youtu.be/q7MPXEA0Xho

[ThePenIsMightier]

^Great video!
Please head on down to your local Mr Mike's and enjoy a steak and salad bar! Tip the new standard 39% to enjoy future content!

[mr2mike]

I told him, wear a tie and dress shirt for the intro!
Plus steaks on me if you wear the tie to my restaurant.

[suntan]

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^Great video!
Please head on down to your local Mr Mike's and enjoy a steak and salad bar! Tip the new standard 39% to enjoy future content!

Where the hell are you going where the tip is only 39%?

[Tik-Tok]

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Where the hell are you going where the tip is only 39%?

Lorena Bobbits restaurant?

[pheoxs]

Anyone do a furnace tuneup? How much does it usually run (~150$?) and got any company recommendations? Had someone out checking something on our gas line and they noted the furnace was running rich and should be re-adjusted.

[tonytiger55]

Any recommendations/referrals on a company to decomission a gas powered heater thats in the garage?

[roopi]

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Any recommendations/referrals on a company to decomission a gas powered heater thats in the garage?

Turn gas valve off.

[tonytiger55]

[ExtraSlow]

What does decommission mean to you?

[Darell_n]

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What does decommission mean to you?

Send a cheque to the government for its lifetime of carbon tax and apologize to all the locals for using it.

[tonytiger55]

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What does decommission mean to you?

Perhaps I should have been more clear in my post.
There is a heating unit in the garage. It is fed with a gas line from the furnace room. The gas is turned off. But I would like to have this unit removed and disposed off. As well as the gas lines taken out.
I am seeking services for a reputable organisation that specialises in such business.

[suntan]

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Perhaps I should have been more clear in my post.
There is a heating unit in the garage. It is fed with a gas line from the furnace room. The gas is turned off. But I would like to have this unit removed and disposed off. As well as the gas lines taken out.
I am seeking services for a reputable organisation that specialises in such business.

Try GasTech.

There's really no such thing as idiot gasfitters as the problem is self correcting.

[pheoxs]

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Anyone do a furnace tuneup? How much does it usually run (~150$?) and got any company recommendations? Had someone out checking something on our gas line and they noted the furnace was running rich and should be re-adjusted.

Bump as it seems to have gotten missed. Anyone got a furnace company they'd recommend for a tuneup? SE (ikea area).

[ExtraSlow]

I think the best safety check is the free Atco one:
https://gas.atco.com/en-ca/products-...spections.html

[pheoxs]

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I think the best safety check is the free Atco one:
https://gas.atco.com/en-ca/products-...spections.html

As far as I know they only do inspections, they won't actually do adjustments / repairs would they? It's a 4 year old furnace so still relatively new, just running a bit rich so wasting more fuel than necessary.

[MOB68]

Hopefully things have changed but Atco was booking over 4 months out last year when I had mine done.
I had an old (early 80s) "low efficiency" furnace and the guy started pulling things like the burner tips (?) out to try and clean them and was then struggling to reinstall them. Plus he didn't have any replacement parts in case it got damaged. Freaked me out as it was only April and still had some cold weather to go through.
Made my decision then to upgrade to something newer.