The super-tight houses that are supposed to be energy neutral use an under ground pipe to source fresh air - the ground helps heats the cold air before it gets to the house. Then it passes through a heat exchanger to warm it more - extracting waste heat from whatever might generate it. IIRC, the under ground air pipes were at least 50 feet, more was preferable.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > For that matter at some point you'd get worried about being able to > breathe... > > We had the a lot of work done at camp last summer, walls insulated, new > windows, tongue and groove pine interior, new door. With all that done we > were surprised that we now can't run the range hood with the woodstove > going if we don't open a window... > > That was while I could still see light between the boards where the roof > meets the wall... We've since had the ceiling insulated, added structure > and the pine tongue and groove. It'll be interesting to learn to live with > a very tight camp. > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:02:52 -0700 > From: Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues > Message-ID: <20130125210252.50ce09e4215369fb719f6...@pisquared.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On 24/01/2013 7:06 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > > > I have been working on sealing literally every penetration of the > > ceiling of our living space. I had a blower door test done last > > week, and the guy who did it was stunned at how well sealed our > > house was. > > > Where does the make-up air for your kitchen vent hood and bath vents come > from? > > Do you have any fuel-burning applicances in your house? Where does the > make-up air for them come from? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 2012 Passat TDI DSG 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager 1957 C182A _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
