Why Your Furnace Could Be Leaking
Coming home to find water around your furnace is a homeowner’s nightmare. Is it a furnace issue or plumbing issue? It’s hard to say for sure, but Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning is here with a couple HVAC issues that could cause a leaky furnace.
Condensation
A standard-efficiency furnace should not have condensation so if your furnace does, it may be that the flue pipe was not sized right. The heated exhaust could be cooling and condensing within the pipe, then streaming back into the furnace and leaking out.
Clogged Drain
Typically condensation from a high-efficiency furnace will flow out to a floor drain. If there is an obstruction in the piping or the floor drain, it could cause a leak around your heating equipment. A precision tune-up from a furnace repair technician should help avoid this problem from occurring. Unfortunately, lack of furnace maintenance might make you end up with a clogged drain, resulting in wall, ceiling, or other damage to your family’s home.
Humidifier
This issue should be caught with regular HVAC system tune-ups, but if your furnace is leaking water, the humidifier may be leaking inside the furnace. Water leaking into your heating equipment can cause major damage to the internal elements so it’s ideal to call your furnace service company right away if you think this might be your issue.
To make sure your heating equipment doesn’t spring a leak and that it’s all set to keep you warm all winter long, call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning in Fort Lauderdale today. Our fall promotion is happening now and you can save on a furnace tune-up or qualifying HVAC systems.
