help with a old furnace
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:17 am
I am looking for some help, I have older mobile home with a vintage Miller CMF Model FS-LS furnace the, roof vent pipe has started to fail and they do NOT make any new parts for these furnace's
the main roof vent cap, rotted out a a ton of rusty metal has fallen into the furnace, (possible need a whole new roof jack) my regular furnace cleaning guy has little to do experience with mobile home furnace's, and is scared to even try and open this up to clean it out on inside, as apparently the furnace ran all last winter with the cap resting on top of flue pipe and as so, it has pipe very very full of oil and grease like on inside, that is sure to also be on inside of furnace
he is worried that if opened up it might open a can of worms to something they no longer make parts for
its a oil furnace, and been running Kero in it due to above ground tank and cold temps here(Ne PA)
he recommend replacing whole furnace with a new unit
but I am iffy on this, as the roof on this place is in so so condition and worry about cutting oil old flue crown and pipe, to replace and being a leaking issue, took 10 yrs to get his one to finally stop leaking as is?
so would anyone know any place parts could be had for this unit, if needed, and if not, does anyone have any experience with electric furnace's
would one of them work without need to be vented like the oil one's?
thus then NOT having to cut open the roof here at all, and can then just block off the opening in current roof jack.vent
so any and all help is appreciated, as are any suggestions on a new electric furnace if you think they can be added here and again not need a new roof jack to use them
as well as how well do they even work in cold environments like where I am at?
the main roof vent cap, rotted out a a ton of rusty metal has fallen into the furnace, (possible need a whole new roof jack) my regular furnace cleaning guy has little to do experience with mobile home furnace's, and is scared to even try and open this up to clean it out on inside, as apparently the furnace ran all last winter with the cap resting on top of flue pipe and as so, it has pipe very very full of oil and grease like on inside, that is sure to also be on inside of furnace
he is worried that if opened up it might open a can of worms to something they no longer make parts for
its a oil furnace, and been running Kero in it due to above ground tank and cold temps here(Ne PA)
he recommend replacing whole furnace with a new unit
but I am iffy on this, as the roof on this place is in so so condition and worry about cutting oil old flue crown and pipe, to replace and being a leaking issue, took 10 yrs to get his one to finally stop leaking as is?
so would anyone know any place parts could be had for this unit, if needed, and if not, does anyone have any experience with electric furnace's
would one of them work without need to be vented like the oil one's?
thus then NOT having to cut open the roof here at all, and can then just block off the opening in current roof jack.vent
so any and all help is appreciated, as are any suggestions on a new electric furnace if you think they can be added here and again not need a new roof jack to use them
as well as how well do they even work in cold environments like where I am at?