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There is plenty of room to put in a 6 to 9 inch soffit, both depth and width. Is that all that would be needed--9 inches deep measuring down from the pipes and 9 inches wider than the pipes? I could...

The garage waterpipes go through the garage upper floor joist. They originate in the adjacent 2nd floor joist from inside the house and exit the house into the garage at the bottom of the joist for...

If this is an ongoing practice, and not just for this year because of the economy, it sounds kind of abusive to me, that they are clearly gaming the whole salary vs. hourly business to pay you the...

I don't know your legal options, I'm not a lawyer. It sounds like the landlord made enough mistakes that if you got a lawyer you could fight it, but I'm guessing if you don't have cash for rent, you...

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Yeah, I think he might have needed the slip coupling. He either went back to his shop for it rather than buy at the hardware store 4 blocks away, or he took a break on my dime. He came, he saw,...

Hi 21boat,
Plumber just left. $285. He came and diagnosed the problem immediately. He says the pipe must have froze, hairline split, it was a bit eroded on the inside, so must have been a weak spot....

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I have a plumber on the way. I have the pipe pretty well exposed and a ladder and tarp all set up, hoping to get him in and out in an hour, which willl cost me just under $200.
I thought...

Hi 21boat,
Thanks for the advice. The sink traps seem fine, not wet at all and no water in the cabinets under the (two) sinks in the master bath. I can look down the shower trap and see that it has...

I just developed a slow drip from the ceiling below my 2nd fl. Master bath.
The wet spot on the ceiling seems to be right below one of the sinks, but could also be in the path of the drain pipe...

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I have never had a boyfriend that got off on gay porn. Just the opposite, I've heard some say they prefer the girl-on-girl stuff because it lessens the chance...

Well, it is supposed to warm up this weekend, so I guess I could shut the furnace down for an hour or two.
When you take those screws off, the 2 switches and the bracket all come off in one piece? I...

Another thought is that at 2am, one can hear an awful lot of noises you can't hear during the day. Its like being able to see the stars out in the country. No background light to obscure them. Could...

I have noticed in my own house that ducts can carry noise from odd parts of the house, echo effect or something. I can hear the kids in the basement rec room from some of the second floor bedrooms,...

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I think I got it, thanks so much for the invaluable help. Until I found this site, I was really bummed. I just did not have it in my budget for a $300 service call 2 weeks before Christmas....

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I was wondering if all that water that drained out of the collector box last night when I took off the pressure switch drain tube indicated that maybe the drain trap or some part of...

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I'm heading into work myself this morning, but thought I'd mention how the night went. It is working a little better. The furnace will cycle into the low heat mode and run for quite a...

Correct. Go to sleep! I don't want you to be without sleep tonight. We are in the same time zone, it is late for you to be up if you work mornings.

Thank you so very much for your help. I appreciate it. Sweet dreams.

No, mostly it gives me 31, sometimes 32. Once or twice it gave me 42, which means blower calibration fault, but mostly it is 31 and 32.

This problem started sometime in the middle of the night...

Now that the tube is back in place, is it OK if I turn the furnace back on? It is getting kind of cold in here.

Hmm. Both pipes seem completely straight to me. It is a pretty long expanse, about 20 feet maybe, from the furnace to the outer wall. The pipes are supported by hangers, which sounds goofy, but it...

Will do. Be right back

You see that kind of u-shaped tube that goes into the front of the pressure switches? If you look at the back of the pressure switches, there is an identical little u-shaped hose, but there is a...

Sorry, a little fast on the trigger. I reattached the hose.

Here is a pix of the whole front of my furnace.

I've attached the photo. The disconnected tube is hanging out the front of the furnace, and in the lower left hand corner of the main compartment you can see where I plugged a little wad of white...

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No tubes going into the inducer fan at all, at least not from the front or sides. There is a place at the upper right corner where you could put a tube in. In the manual it says this is where...

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I have my photo, don't see how to upload it. Let me go look at the inducer fan again. I don't remember a little tube.

OK, let me geta good photo, b right back

Is that the big round plastic cover right behind the inducer motor? I see it

I'm looking at my diagram of the furnace. The tube come sout of the back of the pressure switch, goes to the side of the heat exchanger I think it is and plugs into the wall that is at the front of...

It comes out the back of the pressure switch and goes into the front of the furnace right at the bottom of the main compartment, it goes into a flat black plastic plate that is on the front of the...

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I tried to blow through it. I heard a tiny pop, then nothing. I can't blow through it.

OK, I think it is done draining. I think at least 3 cups of water came out of the front of the furnace.
Do I plug it back in now?

At least the water is nice and warm.

Hey Hvac
I did what you suggested, took the black rubber tube off the furnace, and water poured out of it, and also came out of the furnace front. It is still coming out, so I want to go back down...

OK, going to do that now. I'll be right back.

I take the tube off at just the end that goes into the furnace? I'll go look and see if I can find that. Then I just take a paper clip and clean out the end of the tube, or should I take it off both...

I see a black rubber looking tube that goes into the side of one of them, and a u-shaped rubber tube where one end goes into the front of each of the round pancake things. They have little clamps at...

The pressure switches are the twin round pancake like things, I see them.

The furnace says it is a Bryant plus 90 high efficiency (natural)
Condensing gas furnace

I'm sorry. I'm getting sleep deprived. 32 is low pressure switch fault. 31 is high pressure

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Yes, the codes 31 and 32 are similar.
My owner's manual says the 31 means a high pressure switch fault that indicates high pressure switch is closed at call, or in low heat, or fails to close...

House is up to 62 degrees, which is the warmest it has been all day. But the heat coming out of the registers seems to not be as warm as usual.

Oops, Hi HVAC
Yes, 2 pipes
The intake vent also looks clear. That one points down towards the ground (both come out the side of the house around waist high) Hard to see how it could be plugged,...

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Thanks for the response. Yes, it is a high efficiency.
I turned off the circuit breaker and restarted the whole thing. It ran for about an hour, though the air coming out of the register didn't...

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My 9-year-old Bryant 355MAV shut off after heating for about 15 minutes, even though the house is only about 60 degrees. I've been trying to figure it out all day.
If I turn the furnace off,...