On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:57:19 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


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They have had extreme snow this winter and the woman has had to call
in a furnace repairman 3 times, each call costing her around $150, and
each time these pipes were buried under the snow. Each time she has
nearly frozen to death because it always happens at night and she
believes that she can not call during the night and must wait until
morning.

The person coming out should have fixed this hte first time. The original
installer was incompetant and should have fixed it right. The service man
is a thief taking advantage of her.

In all honesty Ed you really can't say that without seeing the job.
The 90% or greater furnaces have pipe run limits. in some it's as
little as 30 feet. also each 90 degree el is equivalent to 5 or 10
feet of pipe depending on the model. what if they are at or near the
piping run limit? adding 1 90 degree el can cause major problems. what
the OP needs to do first is get the manual for the furnce in question
and check this.