With the deep winter snow we had last season, the air intake for our furnace plugged up. ... draw combustion air and exhaust vent gasses through pipes drilled through a side wall in the house.

Keep furnace vents clear of snow to keep heat running, avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. ... Homeowners with high-efficiency furnaces should make sure their fresh air intake pipes are free of snow.

Q: I have a cold-air intake vent in the lower part of the wall of my second-floor hall landing. At intermittent times, the cold-air intake will have warm air coming from the vent. Could you tell ...

Ask the Carpenter’s Rob Robillard tackles readers’ questions about gas dryers, condensation, and furnace vents. Get more advice at realestate.boston.com.

With record snow fall for much of the area, it’s important to keep your furnace vents, intake valves and chimneys free of snow. Blocked vents could cause carbon monoxide to build up in your home ...

Question: With so many appliances such as clothes dryer, central vac, bathroom fans, and range hood ejecting air from my house, and my high efficiency furnace having intake and exhaust vents ...

Question: I’m hoping you can help me figure out if it’s safe to plant vegetation in front of new intake and exhaust high-efficiency furnace vents. I would rather not put any potential ...

Q. My question concerns the exhaust/intake pipe for our forced air oil furnace. The exhaust pipe is inside the intake pipe. Both are mounted outside the house about one foot above ground level.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – The West Fargo Fire Department is reminding people to check gas meters and vents for ice and snow build-up following the recent winter weather. Heavy or ...