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    Oct 17, 2011, 09:15 AM
    Do I need to replace my furnace?
    They came to clean my furnace today and I was told I need a new one.Inside of the boiler is a cast iron tank.One of the bolts that hold it together is rusted and broken.It seems to me that it would only take replacing this bolt to fix the problem but I was told I need a new furnace.Does this sound correct?
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    Oct 17, 2011, 09:19 AM
    Without actually seeing it... that rusted and broken bolt might likelty take a Herculean effort to remove it.Heavily rusted bolts literally almost become one with the surrounding metal. And if this in fact holds halves of a boiler together, leakage and corrosion between those halves might have already started making a good seal impossible. Then there is the safety aspect that under pressure even iff accomplished would still result in a boiler that is not safe to operate.
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    Oct 17, 2011, 09:20 AM
    Clarification: You are stating furnace and boiler... do you have hot water (or steam) heat or forced air? By the sounds of it you have hot water heat which would be a boiler. Is the boiler leaking or is this just a recommendation from a preventive maintenance?
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