Desa SCIVFR, SCIVFB, SCIVFG, SCIVFC AIR for Combustion, Providing Adequate Ventilation

AIR FOR		WARNING ICONG 001WARNING
COMBUSTION		This heater shall not be installed in a confined space unless
AND		provisions are provided for adequate combustion and ventila-
		tion air. Read the following instructions to insure proper fresh
VENTILATION		air for this and other fuel-burning appliances in your home.
		Today’s homes are built more energy efficient than ever. New materials, in-
		creased insulation, and new construction methods help reduce heat loss in homes.
		Home owners weather strip and caulk around windows and doors to keep the cold
		air out and the warm air in. During heating months, home owners want their
		homes as airtight as possible.
		While it is good to make your home energy efficient, your home needs to breathe.
		Fresh air must enter your home. All fuel-burning appliances need fresh air for
		proper combustion and ventilation.
		Exhaust fans, fireplaces, clothes dryers, and fuel burning appliances draw air
		from the house to operate. You must provide adequate fresh air for these appli-
		ances. This will insure proper venting of vented fuel-burning appliances.
	PROVIDING ADEQUATE VENTILATION
	The following is excerpts from National Fuel Gas Code. NFPA 54/ANSI Z223.1,
	Section 5.3, Air for Combustion and Ventilation.
	All spaces in homes fall into one of the three following ventilation classifications:
	1. Unusually Tight Construction; 2. Unconfined Space; 3. Confined Space.
	The information on pages 5 through 7 will help you classify your space and provide
	adequate ventilation.
	Unusually Tight Construction
	The air that leaks around doors and windows may provide enough fresh air for
	combustion and ventilation. However, in buildings of unusually tight construc-
	tion, you must provide additional fresh air.
		Unusually tight construction is defined as construction where:
		a. walls and ceilings exposed to the outside atmosphere have a con-
		tinuous water vapor retarder with a rating of one perm (6x10-11per
	2
		pa•sec•m) or less with openings gasketed or sealed and
		b. weather stripping has been added on openable windows and doors
		and
		c. caulking or sealants are applied to areas such as joints around window
		and door frames, between sole plates and floors, between wall-ceiling
		joints, between wall panels, at penetrations for plumbing, electrical, and
		gas lines, and at other openings.
	If your home meets all of the three criteria above, you must provide addi-
	tional fresh air. See Ventilation Air From Outdoors, page 7.
	If your home does not meet all of the three criteria above, proceed to page 6.
	Confined and Unconfined Space
	The National Fuel Gas Code (ANSIZ223.1, 1992 Section 5.3) defines a confined space
	as a space whose volume is less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu per hour (4.8 m3 per
	kw) of the aggregate input rating of all appliances installed in that space and an
	unconfined space as a space whose volume is not less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu
	per hour (4.8 m3 per kw) of the aggregate input rating of all appliances installed in that
	space. Rooms communicating directly with the space in which the appliances are
	installed*, through openings not furnished with doors, are considered a part of the
	unconfined space.

* Adjoining rooms are communicating only if there are doorless passageways or

ventilation grills between them. Continued 5

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