It's an industry standard: if a furnace has a cracked heat exchanger, it gets replaced. The American Gas Association has even put this in writing - they say "Any visible crack or hole is reason for ...

Reader: "I personally think that the HVAC businesses have a great scam going by locking-out people's furnaces without any measurable evidence that the CO levels are above normal." ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER — Over 400 people die every year in ...

Let us begin by saying there is absolutely no known technique for finding a crack 100 percent of the time. Probably the best is to visually locate a crack. However, particularly in modern 80 percent ...

Although the combustion analyzer doesn't measure them, proper ventilation/infiltration air, sufficient combustion air, and a safe heat exchanger are critical to ...

BOSTON (CBS) - When Jennifer and Jeremy Reese moved into their Boxford house, they inherited a heating and cooling maintenance service contract from the previous homeowner. In February, the couple ...

A time may come when the majority of U.S. homeowners use heat pumps to heat and cool their homes, but we’re not there yet. According to Elements, in 2020 more than half of U.S. homes had forced-air ...

Replacing the old furnace in your central heating system with a new, more efficient model can offset volatile energy prices. (So far, it’s predicted that fuel costs will go up this winter.) Money ...