Originally Posted By: sobrien This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I was doing an inspection on a mid 1940?s home. When I entered the living room, there it was?.. the furnace. I was gob-smacked. A very old Naturally aspirated forced air Lennox unit. (Fueled by natural gas) Now I have to figure out what to say in my report. The unit does have a fresh air supply 14? away. I have explained that the draft hood can cause serious burns if a child reaches up into it (230 degrees F) and that if it ever became even partially plugged (again by a child jamming something in there) the burnt combustion gases would flood into the living space. I also spoke of the damage that could be caused to the piping, control unit and master shut-off switch from just normal daily activities (banging the unit vacuuming, carrying stuff past it etc?I?ve looked in my local code book for something else but a furnace in the living room just doesn?t come up. I also can?t find out how old the unit is.
The main information plate is missing. The only #?s I could pull off it were ?
C38723 and T-5-213. I?ve called Lennox but without the true SN they can?t help me.
I?ve been reading these message boards for a while now (but I have never asked a question) and have been very impressed with some of the information I have read.
Originally Posted By: cbottger This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Welcome Sean
This is a fun place to be you can say most anything as long as its clean.
I also recently found a gas forced air furnace setting in the middle of a living area. Was a converted garage into a Mother-inlaw kitchenette. Think they were trying to do the lady in. I recommended that the furnace be re-located to another area that was enclosed based on no other reason than being unsafe that was enough for me. I am not a code inspector but if it concerns safety and health I jump right in the middle of it all.
Sometimes folks are just dumber than a box of rocks every time I think that I have seen it all something else pops up that is why this business is so interesting never the same thing twice.
Have some fun Charley B.
-- Don't argue with an idiot someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Originally Posted By: lkage This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
sobrien wrote:
I don?t think the "common sense" approach will do it.
Thanks..... Sean
Will do what? We can list health and safety concerns but we can't make them do anything about them. 
Originally Posted By: mcyr This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
:DHi Sean;
This is very funny.
Unless this is the one room house on the prairie or a little cabin in the midst of the Allagash Woods of Northern Maine, I would strongly urge the occupant to check with the natural gas supplier who hooked this up. Gas companies have their own code standards. Please before someone gets hurt.
Originally Posted By: sobrien This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
The house is small… 900 square feet.(2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, 1 bathroom) I don’t know the gas company’s rules at the time of installation, but there are numerous furnace company tags from over the years.
The home owner said no one has ever complained before.