Gas Furnace question

Breakthecycle2

As you can tell, I am very green to home ownership. I do have another question, however. The previous owner had purchased a furnace in 2005, so it's relatively new. When we put the heat on above 74 degrees and it's running for a bit, the furnace emits large amount of steam..as if the pressure gets too high. When this happens, I check the psi gauge and it's only around 5 or 10 psi. Any idea as to what could be causing this? I'll post any additional information if needed.

Brian_74

furnace or boiler?

I think you have a boiler rather than a furnace. Your house is heated with hot water or steam, right? If it is, then you have a boiler. If it's heated with forced air, you have a furnace. Depending on what you have, you might want to try posting in a more specific forum, like Strictly Steam.



I can tell you that if you have a steam system, 5-10psi is way too high. You don't really want it above 2psi, and it would be best to be lower.

Breakthecycle2

Thanks

Yeah, the house is heated with steam or hot water. Thanks for your feedback.

Tim McElwain

It is either

steam or hot water which is it?