Moving an oil Furnace

[krm944]

First time browsing and posting in the forums-

We bought a home in NY and have an oil furnace in the basement. The basement is damp and prone to flooding so i would like to remove the furnace from teh basement and relocate it to the rear of the house in a heated mechanical room.

What factors will affect the relocation?

Can flexible ducting be used for the re-installation?? the reinstalllation will require piping thru a crawlspace.

Does anyone have software that they use to plan remodels? i would like to play with my kitchen a bit before i decide on an exact layout.

thanks in advace,

kyle
krm944@hotmail.com

[leone184]

How much water do you get in the basement? If it's only a couple of inches it might be much easier to simply raise the furnace onto concrete blocks. There would be some minor duct-work involved, but it's got to be a lot simpler than moving it to a whole other location.

Is there some reason you can't fix the actual problem, the flooding? It seems a smarter idea would be to address that. It might be as easy as extending your gutter downspouts or adding a sump pump.

Hope this helps

[HayZee518]

I have a program that I have been using for years (9+) and it offers me all that I need. address is www.homepro.com. Chuck Herdon is a freind of mine. Great proggy.
As far as your furnace goes, the plenum and cold air return needs to be solid. trunk lines need to be solid. branches off the trunk can be flexible.

[krm944]

I am not exactly sure how much water is sin the basement but i have several reasons for wanting to get the furnace out of there.

-foundations is a rock wall foundation about 6 feet wide according to teh building inspector at time of sale. SOLID just not water proof.
- I do not live there all of the time so i cannot keep my eye on the water table
-There is a drain in the basement (do they call this a french drain?) that runs 100 feet to drain in the river. When the river rises water does not drain
-There is a sump pump and drain. I am not living there and cannot prevent it from freezing and babysit the discharge.
-the furnace is on a 6 inch concrete slab already.

thanks for the info

kyle

[krm944]

hayzee,

i sent you an email earlier, glad you replied to my post.

do you forsee any problems with heat coming out of the top of my furnace and then being pushed downward thru the ducting and out to rooms in the house?? Currently all the ducting comes off the top of the furnace and runs thru the crawlspace to the rooms. is tehre a max distance that a furnace can deliver forced ari to? this furnace willl be at the back of the house vice its current central location. should the ducts be wrapped in insulation like you do water pipes?

by moving the equipment to the mechanical room, it will make maintenance and repairs much easier and the threat of flood damage is non existent.

thanks

kyle