High Efficiency Furnace Intake Exhaust Setup

While scheduling a professional furnace tune up changing filters and testing smoke and co detectors are essential so is checking the furnace s intake and exhaust pipes.

High efficiency furnace intake exhaust setup.

The pvc pipes are used for air intake exhaust gas and to remove the corrosive condensation resulting from the combustion process. There are several other important aspects of high efficiency furnace venting. If you have an hvac system with a high efficiency filter installed run the system s fan as often as possible to remove particles while the air quality is poor. Often furnace problems arise from blocked airflow in your intake or exhaust pipe.

Other aspects of high efficiency furnace venting. This high efficiency venting system must be installed when you install the new furnace. Because intake vents pull in outdoor air an inadequate intake vent height may also allow the vent to pull in snow where it then melts and freezes. Due to high efficiency furnaces having their own fresh air intake no air is drawn from inside your home.

Intake and exhaust vents for high efficiency furnaces must be high enough off of the ground to avoid any restrictions or being too close to snow that may melt and form an ice blockage. With winter coming many of us are getting our homes prepared for the colder weather. Avoid activities that create more fine particles indoors including. Using gas propane or wood burning stoves and furnaces.