Your Furnace-Intake-Pipe
Could Be Suffocating
If the furnace-intake-pipe is blocked, your furnace could be
starving for the air it needs for air-combustion.
One of the most common symptoms of this, is the furnace sounding
like it wants to come on but can't after repeated tries.
Before you panic and call the service repairman,
check outside first. The flow of air to the furnace
from the outside could be blocked by snow.
Look for furnace pipe coming from the furnace to an
outside wall. Look for the corresponding location
on the outside of your home. It should be sticking
out a few inches, or it may be running up the side
wall.
If you should find it buried under heavy snow, start
clearing it away, also making sure there is no ice
or other debris covering the entrance to cause this
vent-pipe-blockage.
Your furnace should now start automatically if snow
was the culprit. If it doesn't, and heavy snowfall
build-up isn't indicated as the problem, you may
have to call a repairman afterall.
Now that the snow has been cleared from around the
intake pipe you should certainly want to plan to
keep this from happening again. If you live in an
area that experiences especially heavy snowfall, it
wouldn't take very long for this problem to ocurr
more than once.
Make This Step An Important Part of Your Maintenance Schedule
You could build some kind of an enclosure that is
sheltered yet very well ventilated so that air can
can still circulate around. This will keep the area
clear of further falling snow accumulation, but not
interfere with the purpose of the pipe.
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