I walked into the basement last month, and I couldn’t believe there was water pouring from the furnace.
I was afraid the water would run my well dry, it was coming out so quickly.
I called the HVAC company and told them water was coming from my furnace, and I needed their help. The HVAC technician told me water shouldn’t be coming from the furnace, unless it was a boiler. He asked how my heat was distributed? I didn’t know. I just knew I heard the furnace running, and then I had heat. I paid for oil when I needed it for the furnace. If there wasn’t oil or electricity, I didn’t have heat. The HVAC technician told me he would be there shortly, but I should turn off the water. He had to walk me through turning the water off. I turned off the water valve, but he had me turn off the main valve, which meant I had no water anywhere in my house, and I wasn’t happy. I hoped the HVAC technician would arrive soon. When he got there, he told me to call a plumber. The boiler was in good condition, but the pipes needed replacing. I asked him what a boiler was, and why I didn’t have a furnace. He told me a boiler heated water, and the water flowed through pipes and the heat from the pipes sent heat into the house. I called my brother who was a plumber and told him I needed new water pipes for the boiler system. I didn’t understand anything he was saying about the boiler, but I understood needing a plumber.