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| john_k_green@lycos.com 2006-01-27, 12:21 pm |
| Could somebody let me know what services should be done by the oil
burner tech whe they do your yearly burner maintenance.
I have a forced hot air system. This year the tech came out and I
happened to be home while he was working. He replaced the nozzle
adjusted the Flame? but I thought Vacuuming certain parts(I am not
sure what) was part of a yearly service. is this correct? My tech
didnt bring in a shop vac. although i saw him brushing something with
a small paint brush?
The furnace seems to be working fine this winter. but I noticed some
soot around the damperon the exhaust pipe. I pushed the damper open and
I see some soot in that pipe?
I am handy with tools but I always leave the furnace , propane water
heater etc. to the trained Proffesionals.
I just want to be more informed for next year as to exactly what a tech
should be doing for a good service.
Also how often should the furnace chimney be cleaned? The chimney
vents the oil fired furnace and a propane fired water heater only.
thanks
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| New flame retention burners usually burn cleaner, but he should have at
least checked the heat exchanger and chimney base to see if it was dirty.
Some companies around me have started charging different rates when a heater
must be vacuumed. Anymore, a lot of their service contracts have taken out
the word vacuum.
<john_k_green@lycos.com> wrote in message
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> Could somebody let me know what services should be done by the oil
> burner tech whe they do your yearly burner maintenance.
>
>
> I have a forced hot air system. This year the tech came out and I
> happened to be home while he was working. He replaced the nozzle
> adjusted the Flame? but I thought Vacuuming certain parts(I am not
> sure what) was part of a yearly service. is this correct? My tech
> didnt bring in a shop vac. although i saw him brushing something with
> a small paint brush?
>
>
> The furnace seems to be working fine this winter. but I noticed some
> soot around the damperon the exhaust pipe. I pushed the damper open and
> I see some soot in that pipe?
>
>
> I am handy with tools but I always leave the furnace , propane water
> heater etc. to the trained Proffesionals.
>
>
> I just want to be more informed for next year as to exactly what a tech
> should be doing for a good service.
>
> Also how often should the furnace chimney be cleaned? The chimney
> vents the oil fired furnace and a propane fired water heater only.
>
> thanks
>
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| .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com 2006-01-27, 1:21 pm |
| On 27 Jan 2006 08:00:19 -0800, john_k_green@lycos.com wrote:
>Could somebody let me know what services should be done by the oil
>burner tech whe they do your yearly burner maintenance.
They can in alt.home.repair
>
>
>I have a forced hot air system. This year the tech came out and I
>happened to be home while he was working. He replaced the nozzle
>adjusted the Flame? but I thought Vacuuming certain parts(I am not
>sure what) was part of a yearly service. is this correct? My tech
>didnt bring in a shop vac. although i saw him brushing something with
>a small paint brush?
>
>
>The furnace seems to be working fine this winter. but I noticed some
>soot around the damperon the exhaust pipe. I pushed the damper open and
>I see some soot in that pipe?
>
>
>I am handy with tools but I always leave the furnace , propane water
>heater etc. to the trained Proffesionals.
>
>
>I just want to be more informed for next year as to exactly what a tech
>should be doing for a good service.
>
>Also how often should the furnace chimney be cleaned? The chimney
>vents the oil fired furnace and a propane fired water heater only.
>
>thanks
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