My furnace pipe is really hot for no reason

[LostinVA]

It's been turning on and off for no reason. We weren't using any hot water, and it's summer. The pipe is hot enough to burn my hand. It doesn't get that hot in the winter. It's an oil furnace. I don't smell anything burning. I'm just worrying because my neighbor's house burnt down this spring from a wood stove pipe, and this is a 250-year-old wooden house.

Does anybody know why it would be doing this?

I'm so glad we're moving into our new house in a couple weeks.

[Kali]

1. go check the burners?

yikes - isn't this something you light in the fall anyway? I don't know about oil, just natural gas - is there some kind of pilot that needs to be turned off?

[grasswire]

2. that would scare me

Is there a breaker switch that controls the furnace? Or is there some kind of way to turn it totally off for the summer?

I think you should call someone ASAP to check it out.

Better to be safe than sorry or dead.

[Parche]

3. Clean

I think it needs to be cleaned out???
Sounds like soot, or particals burning.....
Give Haruka one of those chimney sweeper things, and push her into the pipe!!!!
:hi: :hug:

[LostinVA]

4. Even she's not that tiny

I just think it's absurd that we have to burn oil just to get hot water. As far as I'm concerned, all water heaters should be electric or solar.

[Parche]

6. Me Too

My energy plan would be to take all oil heaters out for good, and replace with electric
it is a waste of oil to heat homes, use oil for air/cars/ etc......:hi:

[Renew Deal]

5. Better safe than sorry

Either figure it out or call someone who can. ;)