Timeline for Negative Pressure relief duct work for home
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| Jan 20, 2018 at 16:14 | vote | accept | tron_jones | ||
| Jan 19, 2018 at 16:55 | comment | added | tron_jones | My mistake it is plumbed to the outside, the vent is brining it cold air from the outside. Even with it wide open smoke is back drafting back the unused flue | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 16:42 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | I gather that fresh air vent is not plumbed to outside...My thinking is you're thinking about the wrong problem... You want to relieve pressure in the house generally, but the source of the negative pressure is a specific one, combustion, and it needs supply air specifically. Also you don't care how cold the fireplace's supply air is, because it's about to get really hot and leave | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 16:39 | comment | added | tron_jones | There is a fresh air vent at the front of the fireplace that brings air in but it doesn’t seem to be enough. | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 16:37 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Where is the fireplace obtaining its combustion air? | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 12:13 | comment | added | tron_jones | It doesn’t fix the issue of negative pressure. It would stop the smoke but not the issue of the house becoming negative pressure. | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 4:29 | comment | added | Shimon Rura | Is sealing the unused flue not a good option for some reason? | |
| Jan 18, 2018 at 22:58 | answer | added | Ed Beal | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 18, 2018 at 22:35 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 18, 2018 at 22:32 | history | asked | tron_jones | CC BY-SA 3.0 |