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Furnace sucking in dust from garage? dave 03-03-2007
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Posted by dnoyeB on March 5, 2007, 1:51 pm


On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:51:38 -0600, TomC wrote:

>
>
>> On Mar 3, 8:57 pm, "dave" <nospam> wrote:
>> > I get a lot of dust in my house. I noticed the front panel on my
> furnace is
>> > not even close to air tight. I can see through gaps and holes
>> > directly
> into
>> > where the blower is (which is directly over the air filter). So the
> blower
>> > is sucking in some air from the return line and through the air
>> > filter,
> but
>> > a lot is coming through the gaps in the panel. Should I somehow seal
> this
>> > panel better and force all air to come from my air return vent which
>> > is located in the center hallway of the house? I don't understand
>> > this
> design
>> > of a furnace which takes no care in keeping dirty air from the garage
> out.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > DaveL
>>
>>
>> Are you sure that the dust is not something else, like clothes dryer
>> lint?
>>
>> A customer of mine thought he had a giant dust problem, but when I
>> looked at the "dust" and saw that it was thicker than regular dust, I
>> matched it to clothes dryer lint. His dryer vent was clogged and the
>> furnace was sucking up the lint that could not be exhausted out of the
>> house and depositing it everywhere.
>> Check your clothes dryer vent.
>>
>> Alisa LeSueur
>> Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician
>> http://CleanYourOwnDryerVent.com
>>
> New Carpet? Some cut pile carpet can create alot of "dust" (carpet
> fibers). TomC

Thats practically the only source of dust. I recently went to a friend's
house to get her computer that some kids had infected. I opened it up and
after 4 years, it has not a spec of dust in it. On the other hand, I have
to dust my computer once a month. Her basement is not carpeted but tiled.
my computer room and just about all in the house are tiled. I cant wait
o remove that carpet


Posted by TomC on March 5, 2007, 4:44 pm




> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:51:38 -0600, TomC wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 3, 8:57 pm, "dave" <nospam> wrote:
> >> > I get a lot of dust in my house. I noticed the front panel on my
> > furnace is
> >> > not even close to air tight. I can see through gaps and holes
> >> > directly
> > into
> >> > where the blower is (which is directly over the air filter). So the
> > blower
> >> > is sucking in some air from the return line and through the air
> >> > filter,
> > but
> >> > a lot is coming through the gaps in the panel. Should I somehow
seal
> > this
> >> > panel better and force all air to come from my air return vent which
> >> > is located in the center hallway of the house? I don't understand
> >> > this
> > design
> >> > of a furnace which takes no care in keeping dirty air from the
garage
> > out.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > DaveL
> >>
> >>
> >> Are you sure that the dust is not something else, like clothes dryer
> >> lint?
> >>
> >> A customer of mine thought he had a giant dust problem, but when I
> >> looked at the "dust" and saw that it was thicker than regular dust, I
> >> matched it to clothes dryer lint. His dryer vent was clogged and the
> >> furnace was sucking up the lint that could not be exhausted out of the
> >> house and depositing it everywhere.
> >> Check your clothes dryer vent.
> >>
> >> Alisa LeSueur
> >> Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician
> >> http://CleanYourOwnDryerVent.com
> >>
> > New Carpet? Some cut pile carpet can create alot of "dust" (carpet
> > fibers). TomC
>
> Thats practically the only source of dust. I recently went to a friend's
> house to get her computer that some kids had infected. I opened it up
and
> after 4 years, it has not a spec of dust in it. On the other hand, I
have
> to dust my computer once a month. Her basement is not carpeted but
tiled.
> my computer room and just about all in the house are tiled. I cant wait
> o remove that carpet
>
>
My son was having problems with his printer; ink splotches etc.. Opened it
up and it was full of dust. Cartridges were dragging ink soaked dust balls
all over. Seems like the open paper feed feeds more than just paper. ;-)
TomC

Posted by Just Joshin on March 6, 2007, 4:23 pm


On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:57:49 -0800, "dave" <nospam> wrote:

>I get a lot of dust in my house. I noticed the front panel on my furnace is
>not even close to air tight. I can see through gaps and holes directly into
>where the blower is (which is directly over the air filter). So the blower
>is sucking in some air from the return line and through the air filter, but
>a lot is coming through the gaps in the panel. Should I somehow seal this
>panel better and force all air to come from my air return vent which is
>located in the center hallway of the house? I don't understand this design
>of a furnace which takes no care in keeping dirty air from the garage out.
>
>Thanks,
>DaveL


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