CDET 14 wrote in article
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On Mar 3, 8:57 pm, "dave" nospam wrote:
I get a lot of dust in my house. I noticed the front panel on my
furnace is
not even close to air tight. I can see through gaps and holes directly
into
where the blower is (which is directly over the air filter). So the
blower
is sucking in some air from the return line and through the air filter,
but
a lot is coming through the gaps in the panel. Should I somehow seal
this
panel better and force all air to come from my air return vent which is
located in the center hallway of the house? I don't understand this
design
of a furnace which takes no care in keeping dirty air from the garage
out.

Thanks,
DaveL


Are you sure that the dust is not something else, like clothes dryer
lint?

A customer of mine thought he had a giant dust problem, but when I
looked at the "dust" and saw that it was thicker than regular dust, I
matched it to clothes dryer lint. His dryer vent was clogged and the
furnace was sucking up the lint that could not be exhausted out of the
house and depositing it everywhere.
Check your clothes dryer vent.

Alisa LeSueur
Certified Dryer Exhaust Technician
http://CleanYourOwnDryerVent.com

New Carpet? Some cut pile carpet can create alot of "dust" (carpet fibers).
TomC