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Friend of mine bought a home and was eager to try his whole-house fan, not realizing that you need to crack open a few windows to replace the air being sucked o
by joezydeco 8y ago
Friend of mine bought a home and was eager to try his whole-house fan, not realizing that you need to crack open a few windows to replace the air being sucked out.
The fan worked but pulled its replacement air through the fireplace flues, covering the whole living room in soot. Not fun.
- dredmorbius 8y agoSounds as if he might have skimped on chimney-sweeping?
- jessaustin 8y agoMaybe that should be step one in household energy efficiency: close the damper when there's no fire in the fireplace! b^)
- joezydeco 8y agoThe dampers were closed, so the air pulling inside was accelerated through the cracks. That agitated the soot and made it even worse than if the dampers were open.
- jessaustin 8y agoMakes sense; there are lots of fireplace dampers that don't seal well.