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Here are the pictures promised. The heat seems to be coming from the top portion of the furnace above the GMC lettering. When I put my hand above it next to that pipe, its REALLY hot.
It looks like you have a totaly unsafe system. The top is open and allows the heat to escape out the top. That's why it is hot over the furnace. The flame should be in a closed environment vented so that the carbon monoxide created from the gas burning is vented out the flue.
You need a professional to come in and repair the system or replace it. I would do it today or turn off the heat until it is inspected and repaired or replace. It looks deadly to me. I sure hope I am wrong. When you said the area over the top is hot and there is a flue right there, AND the top is open, it sounds like the flue is not capturing all the exhaust.
Get a professional to look it over and be safe.
It looks like you have a totaly unsafe system. The top is open and allows the heat to escape out the top. That's why it is hot over the furnace. The flame should be in a closed environment vented so that the carbon monoxide created from the gas burning is vented out the flue.
You need a professional to come in and repair the system or replace it. I would do it today or turn off the heat until it is inspected and repaired or replace. It looks deadly to me. I sure hope I am wrong. When you said the area over the top is hot and there is a flue right there, AND the top is open, it sounds like the flue is not capturing all the exhaust.
Get a professional to look it over and be safe.
Yup, do it now, B4 you really get into the cold season & have to freeze while it's being fixed. And...have them wrap the ducts & pipes with insultating wrap.
Thanks for the advice everyone. I plan on contacting the owner to address this.
FTR, there is a working (plug-in) CM detector literally a few feet from the furnace as well as a smoke detector inside the room.
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