AIR FOR COMBUSTION

AND VENTILATION

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DETERMINING FRESH-AIR FLOW FOR HEATER LOCATION

Determining if You Have a Confined or Unconfined Space

Use this work sheet to determine if you have a con- fined or unconfined space.

Space: Includes the room in which you will install heater plus any adjoining rooms with doorless pas- sageways or ventilation grills between the rooms.

1.Determine the volume of the space (length x width x height).

Length x Width x Height =__________cu. ft. (volume of space)

Example: Space size 20 ft. (length) x 16 ft. (width) x 8 ft. (ceiling height) = 2560 cu. ft. (vol- ume of space)

If additional ventilation to adjoining room is sup- plied with grills or openings, add the volume of these rooms to the total volume of the space.

2.Multiply the space volume by 20 to determine the maximum Btu/Hr the space can support.

_______ (volume of space) x 20 = (Maximum Btu/Hr the space can support)

Example: 2560 cu. ft. (volume of space) x 20 = 51,200 (maximum Btu/Hr the space can support)

3.Add the Btu/Hr of all fuel burning appliances in the space.

Vent-free heater

______________ Btu/Hr

Gas water heater*

______________ Btu/Hr

Gas furnace

______________ Btu/Hr

Vented gas heater

______________ Btu/Hr

Gas fireplace logs

______________ Btu/Hr

Other gas appliances* + __________

Btu/Hr

Total

= __________

Btu/Hr

*Do not include direct-vent gas appliances. Di- rect-vent draws combustion air from the outdoors and vents to the outdoors.

Example:

 

Gas water heater

40,000

______________ Btu/Hr

Vent-free heater

20,000

+ _____________ Btu/Hr

Total

60,000

= _____________ Btu/Hr

4.Compare the maximum Btu/Hr the space can support with the actual amount of Btu/Hr used.

______________ Btu/Hr (maximum the space

can support)

______________ Btu/Hr (actual amount of

Btu/Hr used)

Example:

51,200 Btu/Hr (maximum the space can support)

60,000 Btu/Hr (actual amount of Btu/Hr used) The space in the above example is a confined space because the actual Btu/Hr used is more than the maxi- mum Btu/Hr the space can support. You must pro- vide additional fresh air. Your options are as follows:

A.Rework worksheet, adding the space of an ad- joining room. If the extra space provides an un- confined space, remove door to adjoining room or add ventilation grills between rooms. See Ven- tilation Air From Inside Building, page 7.

B.Vent room directly to the outdoors. See Ventila- tion Air From Outdoors, page 7.

C.Install a lower Btu/Hr heater, if lower Btu/Hr size makes room unconfined.

If the actual Btu/Hr used is less than the maximum Btu/ Hr the space can support, the space is an unconfined space. You will need no additional fresh air ventilation.

WARNING: If the area in which the heater may be oper- ated is smaller than that defined as an unconfined space or if the building is of unusually tight construction, provide adequate combustion and ventilation air by one of the methods described in the National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54 Section

5.3or applicable local codes.

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