Replyoh.....that crack isn't too bad
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i am putting the landlord in the wall o shame. i found four cracks like this one between two luxaire's in a rental house. landlord said i was trying to "f*** him over" & "its not that bad, give me a break". he also said i should put some furnace cement on it and it will be ok until next season. i should have known not to go there when he called and said he needs a rental inspection but " theres nothing wrong with them, i know because i used to sell furnaces". oh yeah he was almost 90 yrs old and the furnaces where installed in 1978.
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oh.....that crack isn't too bad
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'I used to sell furnaces.'
"Oh, so your the king of slepping?"
"Better tell the sandman to stay away, because we're gonna be workin on this one all night."
"Dude, you need more than 2 wires to a condenser to run a 2 stage heatpump."
"Just get it done son."
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Ask him if any of his customers are still alive!!!
Psalm 51:10, 12
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F him.
It`s better to be silent and thought the fool; than speak and remove all doubt.
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I'd have called the local fire department on that guy. Cracks in heat exchangers don't float around here with slum lords.
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Tenants are dime a dozen, so why spend on safety, just slap some furnace cement in the hole.
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I don't carry furnace cement. I suppose I could mix up some epoxy and asbestos. That should work.
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well i guess he did install new equipment. i saw another company at his house the other day. guess i didnt get the job. i should have known i wouldnt get it when he called me an ass when i asked him if he passed his contractors test yet.
im surprised at the company he went with, they are a big company that charges big $$. at least the tenants are safe.
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Maybe that big company was there with a big wad of furnace cement.Originally Posted by ductman82
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This guy must go through lots of tenants...
It's all about heat transfer...
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furnace cement what is wrong with foil tape?
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How'd you find the cracks?
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i took the back of the unit off, it was an old luxaire
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Oh wow thats cool. Didn't know there were any furnaces that you could do that with.
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why do they make furnace cement if it is not to be used?
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lol. I've actually used "furnace cement". It's technically called refractory (sp?) cement.why do they make furnace cement if it is not to be used?
Last time I used it was on a semi-knockdown steam boiler install, attaching the flue collector box to the sections.
The time before that was 3 years prior to that, replacing massive sections in a steam boiler. Everything has to be cemented together.
Funny thing about it is, anyone who mentions it either:
A. has a boiler.
B. Had/has a gravity furnace, where you cemented your bricks together. So a "hole" in a HX, was literally covered with cement.
Funny thing, I used to work with a guy who installed gravity furnaces, and used to joke about plugging holes in gravity furnaces with the crap.
"Better tell the sandman to stay away, because we're gonna be workin on this one all night."
"Dude, you need more than 2 wires to a condenser to run a 2 stage heatpump."
"Just get it done son."
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You guys are waaay off base. JB Weld is the only way to fly.
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High temp silicone,,,actually found one of those.
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they used to make some stuff called muffler cement .was changing several old furnaces in a apartment complex found several that had been patched with it ,could not believe how strong it was
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