In this segment, Kevin Lesthaeghe discusses the importance of getting your heating system checked as we head into winter. If you have a boiler-type heating system, it's especially important to ...

Not all home problems can be seen with the naked eye and to ensure your family’s safety in your home, sometimes it’s better to call on the experts. Chris Kaiser, General Manager for TA Kaiser ...

No matter the cause, a cracked heat exchanger is serious business that can be seriously inconvenient to fix, especially on a cold winter’s night. If your furnace has been red-tagged.

A cracked heat exchanger, however, was not the problem. Blockage (in this case, from a bird in the heat exchanger) was causing a lack of combustion air in the cell. An oxygen-starved flame will travel ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A crack in a home furnace “heat exchanger” can be a serious problem, leaking toxic carbon monoxide in levels that can sicken or kill a family.

A cracked heat exchanger will usually cost around $1,500 to repair. If your older furnace has been red-tagged with a major issue, it may be a better idea to replace it entirely rather than repair.

Cracked heat exchangers give a whole new meaning to the phrase, “crack kills.” Steve Miles, general manager of Jerry Kelly Heating & Air Conditioning, St. Louis, has other interesting phrases that ...

It's an industry standard: if a furnace has a cracked heat exchanger, it gets replaced. The American Gas Association has even put this in writing - they say "Any visible crack or hole is reason ...

The technician informed her the furnace had a cracked heat exchanger. It's a serious problem that can allow dangerous levels of carbon monoxide to escape into the home.

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