I know it will be different between every stove and how they are burned. Anyone know of a study on how many CFM a wood stove uses?
Alan Gage said:Great question and I look forward to the responses.
I'll be building a small house this spring and think it will be sealed tight enough that I'll need to worry about some sort of air exchanger. I've been reading up on passive vents in an exhaust only system and it sounds like it would be a good way for me to go. Basically you add a few outside vents in certain areas of the house (closets for one) and when the kitchen/bath fans are turned on they draw in fresh air through the passive vents as they exhaust. If they don't get used enough by the occupants during normal living they can be place on timers. Another option I've heard is instead of outside air for the wood stove letting it be the exhaust source by drawing inside air. This got my wondering just how many CFM they flowed.
Alan
Alan Gage said:Great question and I look forward to the responses.
I'll be building a small house this spring and think it will be sealed tight enough that I'll need to worry about some sort of air exchanger. I've been reading up on passive vents in an exhaust only system and it sounds like it would be a good way for me to go. Basically you add a few outside vents in certain areas of the house (closets for one) and when the kitchen/bath fans are turned on they draw in fresh air through the passive vents as they exhaust. If they don't get used enough by the occupants during normal living they can be place on timers. Another option I've heard is instead of outside air for the wood stove letting it be the exhaust source by drawing inside air. This got my wondering just how many CFM they flowed.
Alan
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