FRESH AIR | WARNING ICONG 001 WARNING |
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FOR | This heater shall not be installed in a confined space unless provi- | ||
COMBUSTION | sions are provided for adequate combustion and ventilation air. | ||
Read the following instructions to insure proper fresh air for this | |||
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VENTILATION |
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Today’s homes are built more energy efficient than ever. New materials, increased | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 appliances. This | ||
| will insure proper venting of vented | ||
| PROVIDING ADEQUATE VENTILATION | ||
| The following is exerpts 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 Contruction; 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 construction, | ||
| 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 continu- ous water vapor retarder with a rating of one perm
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
If your home meets all of the three criteria above, you must provide additional fresh air. See Ventilation Air From Outdoors, page 8.
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 (ANSIZ2123.1, 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.
** Cubic feet equals length x width x height of room. | Continued | 5 |
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