Richard, my gas furnace makes a lot of noise when it is running and it is somewhat annoying and sometimes bothers me when I am sleeping. It is installed in a closet close to my bedroom. What can I do to fix this gas furnace that is making too much noise? Jenny

Jenny, sorry to hear about the noise your gas furnace is making. All gas furnaces make some noise when operating and we can break it down into three different noises. Depending on which noise your furnace is making will depend on a fix to your furnace making too much noise. First is the gas burners. A lot of inshot gas burners make a noise when they are burning the gas. Additionally, unless you have a standing pilot gas furnace which is an older type of gas furnace and not typical in the average home today, your furnace will have an induced draft or forced draft motor to properly vent the combustion gases and give the combustion chamber combustion air. After all fuel needs air to burn and after the combustion process is complete you need to vent the dangerous gases outside and the forced draft motor or induced draft motor helps this process. Those two things can cause noise all in themselves but there is another thing that can cause noise from a gas furnace and that is the blower motor inside the gas furnace that blow the hot air through the HVAC system duct work.

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