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BOILER FIRE HELP!!!!!! +10 points ANYHELP APPRECIATED.?
So, I was downstairs and I cleaned my shoes with water.. and i left them on top of the boiler thing in our house. the thing wasn't too hot. it was like a mild 85 degree surface. and I COME back 14 hrs later and I look at the shoe and see if it is dry yet, and it isn't i put it back and it hits against a metal pipe. 1cm X 18 inches i would say, just a pipe laying around and it falls like under the boiler where the fire is. and instantly the fire gets big like when you light your stove and makes a sorta big sound,should i be worried? i don't really know what to do, since there's like this huge 500lb shelf of tools in front of the boiler blocking it. Thanks.. sorry for the grammar and punctuation. I typed this quite fast. THANKS. I hope it was just a bit of air that the pipe made while falling that did something to the fire.
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- ?Lv 48 years ago
Because I can't be there to actually look at your set up, its hard to diagnose the exact design of your furnace. Also, I am a little unclear on some specifics of this situation.
What I am most concerned about in this scenario is this:
Your furnace has a live fire in it, so it has to have pipes to provide it with fresh air and then exhaust the fumes and products of combustion (smoke).
So if this was a fresh air supply pipe, just suppose, you may end up having too much oxygen getting to your fire, leading eventually to an overheating situation or ultimately to setting your house afire.
If the pipes intended purpose is for exhausting, my concern would be a build up of carbon dI-oxide, which will kill you in high enough concentrations.
If there is any further doubt about this situation on your part, then I strongly encourage you to have a professional take a look. This situation is nothing to take chances with.
We can't be there to offer the very best of advice, so you have to use you own judgment. So the very best advice I can offer you here is that its better to be safe than sorry.
