Phil,
You'll never get a building tight enough to worry about make-up
(combustion air). Remember that people live in mobile homes. You'll
need a chimney, generally 4" or 6", whatever the furnace has. First
choice is through the wall, elbow and up. Second choice is through the
roof.
There is a product called a dek-tite in the metal bldg industry. EPDM
rubber, low or hi temp applications, used to seal the connection through
the panel. Price from $15 for a small one (plumbing vent) up to $175 for
a 15" high temp. If you need one, I'll either get you one or give you a
vendor contact. Single wall chimney is hi temp, double wall lo temp.
GPD4
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:31:12 -0600 "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
writes:
> From: George P Dausch IV <gpd4@juno.com>
> To: pethier@isd.net <pethier@isd.net>
> Cc: keithka@Exchange.Microsoft.com <keithka@Exchange.Microsoft.com>;
> shop-talk@autox.team.net <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Attic vents
>
> >Ridge vents are supposed to relieve heat buildup under the roof in
> the
> >summer. Available operable (closable) or fixed (always open). A
> poor
> >idea best case, and I make a lot of money removing these guranteed
> roof
> >leaks and replacing with roof sheets. If you want to keep them,
> >definitely seal them off for the winter and heat away.
>
> Sound advice.
> >
> >I heat my shop with a used mobile home heater. Uses oil, cost me
> $125,
> >mounted on a platform about 8' in the air. I have 14" ceilings,
> >insulated the overhead doors, and it keeps the area any temperature
> I
> >want it.
>
> How does this vent the smoke out of the building?
> Where does the combustion air come from?
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4
> CT2846L
> LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
> "It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
> - 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
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