Post by kivaanzion on Feb 21, 2007 9:16:08 GMT -5
Figured this would be the best thread to put this in. 
So... over the last few days my furnace (which gets it's heat from the hot water heater) sprung a leak.
At first it was just a slow drip that we could stop by putting towels around the furnace, and replacing with dry towels every few hours.
Well the leak steadily increased, causing the carpet of my finished basement to be soaked in a six foot semi-circle away from the furnace.
We would keep putting towels down- but within an hour they would be soaked, allowing the carpet to become worse each time.
When we would wake up in the morning (or come home from work) there would literally be a puddle in the carpet.
On Monday afternoon, we had a service guy come in to look at it. He said that the main coil had burst a leak, and would have to be replaced. They cost about $1000.
He said another option would be to replace the entire furnace, and rent it instead of buying it. That way it would always be covered should anything go wrong again. He left unable to do anything about it.
Last night we took the cover off, and removed the filter. There was about 5 inches of water (probably about 6 gallons) in the bottom of the furnace that I had to bail out. The darn thing was still leaking like a broken faucet, and we couldn't replace the towels fast enough to keep the carpet from being wrecked.
Yesterday morning I turned off the water taps to the furnace, stopping the leak.
It also means I have no heat in my house.
An adjustor came to look at it, assess the damage and suggest what to do.
She said that in order to replace the entire furnace, they would have to tear down our finished ceiling in the basement to redo the vents. The furnace would also take 4 to 6 weeks to arrive as they are imported from Texas. Meaning no heat the whole time.
All of that meant nothing as my wife and I are unwilling to have the ceiling torn apart.
So our only option would be to replace the part itself.
We don't have $1000 to spare. We don't have $100 to spare.
Our only option will be to put it on credit, which we are paying hundreds of dollars a month to anyway.
She was supposed to call us back to let us know if the replacement part is in stock (otherwise a 4 to 6 week wait for it to arrive), but she never got back to us. I called the service department again today to see what was going on---
They said they would get back to us.
I turned the heat back on this morning as my house was less than 15C (59F) when I woke up. I'm waiting to see how long it will take before the leak begins to pour out the front of the furnace like before. It's been over two hours and nothing yet.
At least the house is warm again.
Needless to say my nerves are shattered.
So... over the last few days my furnace (which gets it's heat from the hot water heater) sprung a leak.
At first it was just a slow drip that we could stop by putting towels around the furnace, and replacing with dry towels every few hours.
Well the leak steadily increased, causing the carpet of my finished basement to be soaked in a six foot semi-circle away from the furnace.
We would keep putting towels down- but within an hour they would be soaked, allowing the carpet to become worse each time.
When we would wake up in the morning (or come home from work) there would literally be a puddle in the carpet.
On Monday afternoon, we had a service guy come in to look at it. He said that the main coil had burst a leak, and would have to be replaced. They cost about $1000.
He said another option would be to replace the entire furnace, and rent it instead of buying it. That way it would always be covered should anything go wrong again. He left unable to do anything about it.
Last night we took the cover off, and removed the filter. There was about 5 inches of water (probably about 6 gallons) in the bottom of the furnace that I had to bail out. The darn thing was still leaking like a broken faucet, and we couldn't replace the towels fast enough to keep the carpet from being wrecked.
Yesterday morning I turned off the water taps to the furnace, stopping the leak.
It also means I have no heat in my house.
An adjustor came to look at it, assess the damage and suggest what to do.
She said that in order to replace the entire furnace, they would have to tear down our finished ceiling in the basement to redo the vents. The furnace would also take 4 to 6 weeks to arrive as they are imported from Texas. Meaning no heat the whole time.
All of that meant nothing as my wife and I are unwilling to have the ceiling torn apart.
So our only option would be to replace the part itself.
We don't have $1000 to spare. We don't have $100 to spare.
Our only option will be to put it on credit, which we are paying hundreds of dollars a month to anyway.
She was supposed to call us back to let us know if the replacement part is in stock (otherwise a 4 to 6 week wait for it to arrive), but she never got back to us. I called the service department again today to see what was going on---
They said they would get back to us.
I turned the heat back on this morning as my house was less than 15C (59F) when I woke up. I'm waiting to see how long it will take before the leak begins to pour out the front of the furnace like before. It's been over two hours and nothing yet.
At least the house is warm again.
Needless to say my nerves are shattered.