On 22 Sep 2006 14:14:46 -0500, (Todd H.) wrote:

dkhedmo writes:

Been in our new house coming up on two weeks now. (Our first house, an
early '50's ranch on a slab.) So far, an unexpected plumbing repair
has cost $1200, and today's chimney inspection has revealed a problem
with a fix costing $1200. Lemme guess what the electrician is going to
say on Monday to upgrade the panel: $1200?! I need an aspirin.

Well that sucks. Sorry to hear it.

Any reason to shoot the home inspector, or is it one of those failures
they couldn't possibly have observed coming? The chimney thing you'd
think an inspector could've at least noted as something requiring
a chimney specialist to look at.

If it makes you feel any better, as I type, $3700 worth of furnace is
going into the basement of a house purchased less than a year ago. I
don't hold the home infector responsible though--I'm sure none of the
heat exchanger he could visually see had a visible problem, you can't
see all of a heat exchanger in a viz inspection anyway, and I have my
suspcions about this crazy water test done by the HVAC folks who
recent came to clean the old furnace and informed me of leaks at the
sames of the heat exchanger cells and on the top of one of the cells.

Best Regards,

I repeat this when I hear the words 'heat exchanger'.

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You have been punked!

There is no such thing as a bad heat exchanger. It is just a ploy by
hvac criminals to get your money.

Think about it.
So what if the heat exchanger leaks. There are millions of homes
heated by natural gas and propane that dump 100% of the flue gases
into the home.

And funny thing is, they have been using this heating system for a
couple of hundred years without a problem.

The only precaution I suggest you use is to buy a couple of detectors
and hang one near your bed and another in your living quarters down
low. Many are made to plug in the wall socket and are just the right
height to give you an early warning.

Their solution: $1500. Mine: $40.
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