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Originally Posted by MatthewBrum
Mark,
Do you have a gas or oil furnace? I'm just surprised that a system like this would work with all that soot from the oil. I am going to join the east coast group soon and hopefully go for some runs this summer.
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My heat is oil. It's called a Power vent.
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Originally Posted by red-beard
There is an easy fix. You want to run an external flue pipe up the side of the house. You start with a T. The middle connects to the furnace. Run about 2 feet of pipe below the T (Put a screen/leaf guard on the bottom) and then run the flue up the side of the house. Put a vented cover at the top.
Once the furnace kicks on, it will heat the flue and create a draft. The open bottom of the flue pipe is so that the flue will not pull heat out of the house after it shuts down. If you can, setup the furnace to draw air from outside the house. Again, cover any openings to prevent injestion of leaves or small animals.
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Red-Beard, would your suggestion work on this set-up?
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Originally Posted by MatthewBrum
It just seems like the contractor "cheaped out" by not building a chimney in the house.
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Isn't that the American way? It's only a $400,000.000 home
