[GMCnet] Is the furnace hose just dryer vent hose?

[David Orders]

I need to replace the some of furnace hose in the Royale. Can dryer hose from the local big box hardware store be used? Can't really see why it couldn't, probably rated for about the same temperature.
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1976 Royale "Twinkie II", 1978 Palm Beach with front end fire. Lynnwood WA

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[Howard Nielsen]

David
That's what is ours
Never a problem
Howard
74 Canyon Lands

All is well with my Lord

[David Orders]

Thanks Howard. Always nice to have confirmation from someone who has actually done it. Did you use the foil type or the plastic type? This may be a moot question as I am not even sure you can get the plastic type anymore.

[Howard Nielsen]

David
Our GMC came with plastic and I replaced it with the same.
Glad to help.

Howard
74 Canyon Lands

All is well with my Lord

[Jerry Sitzlar]

Question to your question: Is the furnace hose in your coach 3.5" dia or 4" dia? The box stores carry only 4", I believe. I just replaced the old Sol-Aire furnace in my coach which uses 3.5 with a new Suburban SF35FQ which uses 4". Since my old 3.5 hose was okay, I modified the plenum from the Sol-Aire to fit the new furnace. If you need the 3.5 ......go on-line, box stores dryer hose OK for 4". BTDT.
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Jerry Sitzlar....77 Eleganza II .....Lenoir City, TN

[jim kanomata]

You want to use one that can handle the higher temp of the dry heated air.W supply the Ones for that specific application that is UL approved.
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Applied/GMC, Fremont, CA
1-800-752-7502
ji...@appliedgmc.com
www.appliedgmc.com

[botiemad .]

In his Royale, Charles Aulger ran a perforated piece of drain pipe the
entire length of the hall way to the rear area. He just removed the toe
board along the L side of the coach. Nice, even heat all the way to the
rear bed area. This eliminated the hose running behind the cabinets. Dave
DeGraffenreid owns the coach now and maybe someone can contact him for a
photo. Nice setup and Charles had to point it out to me or I would have
missed the mod.
When I replumbed my furnace, I picked up correct flexible ducting at an RV
trailer supply house.
Steve F.

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Take care,
Steve

[Howard Nielsen]

I used the same type of hose from the local R V shop.
Gray in color.
Sealed it with aluminum duct tape at the heater.
Howard
Alpine Ca

74 Canyon Lands

All is well with my Lord

> On Nov 15, 2013, at 3:36, "botiemad ." <botie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In his Royale, Charles Aulger ran a perforated piece of drain pipe the
> entire length of the hall way to the rear area. He just removed the toe
> board along the L side of the coach. Nice, even heat all the way to the
> rear bed area. This eliminated the hose running behind the cabinets. Dave
> DeGraffenreid owns the coach now and maybe someone can contact him for a
> photo. Nice setup and Charles had to point it out to me or I would have
> missed the mod.
> When I replumbed my furnace, I picked up correct flexible ducting at an RV
> trailer supply house.
> Steve F.
>
>
>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM, David Orders <d...@oarsllc.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>

> --
> Take care,
> Steve

[1275g...@gmail.com]

do be carefull what you use. best to get the correct stuff. I had used a flexible aluminium pipe that has a good heat rating...however the first time I fired up the furnace there was a bit of saw dust on top of the pipe in the wardrobe area of the palm beach and that started smoking after the furnace was on for about 5 min. I removed the pipe and replaced with the more expensive cloth like stuff.
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Adam Raeburn
Rothesay, NB
1976 Austin Mini
1977 GMC Palm Beach
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Once you replace everything that is attached to something else. It will all be fixed.

[Jerry Sitzlar]

I bought 20 feet of the 4" furnace hose online from a RV supply (that I ended up not using). It was exactly the same material that Home Depot sold for dryer vents. It was not the plastic stuff but a kind of metallic mylar, very thin but tough with a chrome-like luster to it.

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Jerry Sitzlar....77 Eleganza II .....Lenoir City, TN