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On Nov 27, 11:43Â*pm, aemeijers wrote:
On 11/27/2010 9:53 PM, wrote:





On Nov 27, 9:47 pm, Â*wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:22:04 -0500,
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I think that's the key. Â*If the furnace is put directly on the concrete floor
it could be constantly damp. Â*Cement blocks are cheap, and don't burn well.

Some sort of spacers would make sense. I would use something made out of
concrete rather than a brick made of clay, though. Sometimes those turn
to dust at inconvenient times. I wish the people who installed my
furnace had put it up on blocks. No flooding issues (knock on wood), but
that filter housing is a knuckle buster right next to floor. A couple of
inches up would have made it easier.

My furnace filter was easy to change for several years. Â*I don't know
when it changed, but it's not anymore. Â* And I cant' get in there to
look at what's stopping it.

A typical cardboard-frame filter, it's hard to get started** and even
after I start it, today I had to force it in a little at a time for
the first 12 inches, before it slid in okay. Â***To get it started, I
usually end up pushig so hard the bottom carboard edge crumples.
That's just makes it harder to push at all later.

An inche or two underneath would help get it started, but that's not
the whole problem at all.

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might be a good idea to fix the root cause of wet basement, the ideal
time to install a french drain is when the old furnace has left the
building.....

at least install the french drain in the area where the new furnace is
going.

its hard to work around a existing furnace

Or do it the proper way, and fix it OUTSIDE the house. Bailing a boat is
a poor substitute for fixing the hole in the side.

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after having installed a exterior french drain, new downspout drains,
new sidewalks and steps, and regraded a entire yard...... cost near 9
grand I was the laborer, it took months. 9 grand was supplies like 20
tons of gravel, concrete, supplies and backhoe contractor.

all to fix a wet basement that within months was wet again water
percolating up thru floor

then did the only thing left, $3600.00 for interior french drain that
made it bone dry....

if you had tried doing it right only to fail you might better
understand my suggesting interior french drains..........

Houses should not be built in swamps. If the water table is below the
basement floor level you will not have "perculation" problems.