I am pondering the wisdom of installing an outside air kit on my fireview. It is a fireplace install and I would feed the OAK into the ash pit. I could then leave the ash pit clean-out door ajar in the basement so the combustion air would be drawn from the basement rather than the living room I am trying to heat.
My logic is that I would rather create cold drafts in the (already cold and drafty) basement than in my heated living space. The house is not that tight, an OAK is certainly not necessary for the stove to pull adequate combustion air. The only advantage of an OAK in my situation would be in trying to influence the part of the house from which the air would be taken. That is, to try to keep the cold drafts away from the warm people.
The ash pit is really cavernous. It serves three masonary fireplaces.
My logic is that I would rather create cold drafts in the (already cold and drafty) basement than in my heated living space. The house is not that tight, an OAK is certainly not necessary for the stove to pull adequate combustion air. The only advantage of an OAK in my situation would be in trying to influence the part of the house from which the air would be taken. That is, to try to keep the cold drafts away from the warm people.
The ash pit is really cavernous. It serves three masonary fireplaces.