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Gerritt, don't hook the fresh air intake to the furnace, just run it into your mechanicals room. If you pull -20 degree air over the heat exchanger it will have a very short life. Just run it into the room so when the pressure drops in the room from combustion, air will come into the room to replace it. As Joe said, the cold air returns in the house are just bringing inside air back to be heated (or cooled in the summer), it does not replace the air in the room that has been burned. As Rattletrap said, if the room runs out of oxygen then the appliances start bringing flue gases back down the chimney as the flame is starving for something to burn, leads to imcomplete combustion which leads to CO.

Gerritt, Payne is a decent furnace. It is basically Carrier's generic line but many of the components are the same as you would get on the higher priced Carrier STA model. If you can, check into buying an extended warranty as well for it - lot more parts on new furnaces that can go wrong and they can get expensive. Also, since you are redoing the basement one thing to remember in buying a high vs mid is the combustion air. If you are tightening up the basement and you have a mid, remember to put in some form of fresh air intake to your mechanicals room. The room can run out of oxygen very quickly if both the furnace and water heater are running at the same time and if that happens you can get into a CO problem pretty quickly. You can do this yourself very easily with some 6" insulated flex duct and a dryer hood. As pressure drops in the room when the appliances burn, fresh air from outside is allowed in to equalize pressure and keeps a supply of oxygen in the room to burn. By replacing now, you are getting a chimney liner done. If your water heater goes in the next little while and you don't have a chimney liner, you will need to install the liner before a new heater goes in and depending on who does it for you, that alone can be a 300 - 500 dollar job. Oh yeah, and one last thing - make sure the furnace isn't stolen. If it is a contractor doing it for you there shouldn't be a problem but there is a bit of stolen stuff floating around right now on the market - we came across one a year ago where a "friend of a friend" was able to get someone a furnace for a good deal. Turned out it was a stolen one and the guy who ended up with it was a police detective here. If there is a concern, get me a serial number and I can check for you.

It's gonna rain on Monday so I will shovel Tuesday but thanks for the offer lol. Also noticed that the 14 day forecast here is calling for 12 degrees on Dec 19 - looks like all this will be gone by then

Bucktail, not many people are going to beat that pike - what a beauty. Not a huge one for me, just a small French River eye but it was my first one so I was pretty excited, plus I was able to catch it with my daughter Jess who did a great job on the net.

Come down here and enjoy ours - but please shovel the driveway before you open the door and let the snow pour in

Great looking little man there Gerritt - looks like he'll be a great fisherman.

Congrats Joey, enjoy your new prize and best of luck with it.

Great way to end your season guys. Congrats on a successful first season back fishing and thanks for all the great reports too.

GCD, very happy to hear the pup is going to make it. Amazing how resilient they are too. I am sure she will adapt well to the amputation and be as spunky as ever.

Born in St. Thomas, raised in St. Thomas Still live in St. Thomas Spend most of the summer though in Long Point, French River or Rideau Ferry. Once the kids are grown, hopefully a move to Rideau Ferry / Perth will be in the cards.

Great looking puppy RangerGuy, congrats on the new addition to the family.

Mo, sorry to hear about your cat - very tough thing to do. Also, hopefully this run of unpleasantries stops and things get back on track for you. GCD, hope the pup is ok

I have the same luxury here Mike. My neighbour is out of town and I have the key to his house - I run out I just go next door. GO LEAFS

Looks to be a good sports day Leafs up 2-0 and Raycroft playing well UCLA upsets USC in US College Football which should put my Michigan Wolverines in the Championship game. And like Gerritt, not out of beer yet

fishindevil - have you tried this site - lots of good stuff here The Marine Doctor

Looks like things are looking up Lorissa, your son is home, your husband is feeling better. Good to hear things are doing well for you, hope they continue

Nice fish CH . Congrats

Nice job Darsky, congrats. Thanks for the report

I've got an old Johnson 75HP Seahorse with a bad lower end if anyone wants it. Also, after talking to my mechanic today I have a 1984 90HP Johnson that needs a rebuild as one of the pistons is screwed . He says it will be about $2200 - $2600 for the rebuild - does this seem reasonable???

Good report Bill, sad to see 6B's away for the winter. Good job again on the 'eyes. Congrats

Welcome back Smitter, sorry to hear about the computer theft but congrats on the house purchase. Great pics too - see you have the same 1/4 dog we do lol.

Best wishes Ehg. Hope the vision problem clears up soon for you.

Nice job Minnow, looks like you and your grandpa had another great day. Congrats and thanks for posting.

Pretty cool pics Misty, thanks. Not sure where it was caught but if that thing popped its head out of the water near my boat I think I would leave a soil stain from Dartmouth to Ucluelet.

Terry - you need a better pool filter