Cold House

[debodun]

I woke up this morning to a cold house. I checked the fuel tank and I have plenty of oil. There's a red button on a box in front of the furnace like a reset control. I pressed that and the furnace re-started, but there's something leaking from somewhere. I have a service call in - waiting for the technician.

 

[RFW]

Hope they come fast. Don't turn on the stove!

 

[helenbacque]

I woke up this morning to a cold house. I checked the fuel tank and I have plenty of oil. There's a red button on a box in front of the furnace like a reset control. I pressed that and the furnace re-started, but there's something leaking from somewhere. I have a service call in - waiting for the technician.

If you smell gas, get out of the house.

 

[debodun]

The technician just left. He said the leak was likely due to gasket shrinkage because the furnace cooled off. He did some routine maintenance and cleaned the CAD cell which he reported as being "dirty". While he was here I had him look at one of the baseboards because I was concerned about what seems to me to be excessive dust in the house, He said it wasn't that bad.

BTW - my stove is electric and I don't have anything run on gas.

 

[RFW]

Anything electric can still technically create a spark but anyway, it's unlikely to ignite gas fumes. Glad you had it sorted out in a timely fashion!

 

[Judycat]

My oil furnace became undependable and getting someone to fix it was a major undertaking, because furnace service guys don't seem to understand female-speak.

For a while I lived with pushing the red button, and because the points were obviously bad, nothing would happen. So, I'd take off my shoe and whack the starter. This would ignite the oil and create a small explosion but the thing would run...until it shut off again.

Finally, I quit using it altogether and went to burning coal, because the furnace guy either couldn't wrap his head around what I was saying about points, or felt the job was too complicated to bother. These guys seem to be missing an important part of their thinking mechanism. Must be from the fumes.