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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Getting a chimney to Draw
Message-ID: <59@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 19:15:05 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.59
Posted: Fri Dec 13 19:15:05 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Dec-85 05:30:37 EST
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <1696@decwrl.UUCP> early@tonto.DEC (the higher we climb, the better the view) writes:
>Generally, a fireplace works the same way: If you want hot air to rise
>up the chimney, it must be replaced by a similiar volume of air into the 
>room. Even an "airtight" [thin ground here] stove needs some air to
>permit combustion, and generally most houses have some air to supply
>due to leakage.

A well designed fireplace, intended to provide warmth to the room it's  in,
should include some kind of direct outside air intake.  A fireplace without
such an intake can actually make your house colder by drawing  outside  air
in  through  cracks,  windows,  and  doors.  (Many  fireplaces  in Southern
California are designed this way and will help cool a house of  a  summer's
evening).

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