Vanguard Heating Gas Log Heater - Manual (Page 6)

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PROVIDING ADEQUATE VENTILATION
The following is exerpts from National Fuel Gas Code. NFPA 54/ANSI Z223.1,
Section 5.3, Air for Combustion and Ventilation.
All spaces in homes fall into one of the three following ventilation classifications:
1. Unusually Tight Contruction; 2. Unconfined Space; 3. Confined Space.
The information on pages 5 through 8 will help you classify your space and provide
adequate ventilation.
Unusually Tight Construction
The air that leaks around doors and windows may provide enough fresh air for
combustion and ventilation. However, in buildings of unusually tight construc-
tion, you must provide additional fresh air.
Unusually tight construction is defined as construction where:
a. walls and ceilings exposed to the outside atmosphere have a con-
tinuous water vapor retarder with a rating of one perm (6x10 -11 per
pa•sec•m 2 ) or less with openings gasketed or sealed and
b. weather stripping has been added on openable windows and doors
and
c. caulking or sealants are applied to areas such as joints around window
and door frames, between sole plates and floors, between wall-ceiling
joints, between wall panels, at penetrations for plumbing, electrical, and
gas lines, and at other openings.
If your home meets all of the three criteria above, you must provide addi-
tional fresh air. See
Ventilation Air From Outdoors, page 8.
If your home does not meet all of the three criteria above, proceed to page 7.
Confined and Unconfined Space
The National Fuel Gas Code (ANSIZ223.1, 1992 Section 5.3) defines a confined space
as a space whose volume is less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu per hour (4.8 m
3 per
kw) of the aggregate input rating of all appliances installed in that space and an
unconfined space as a space whose volume is not less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu
per hour (4.8 m
3 per kw) of the aggregate input rating of all appliances installed in that
space. Rooms communicating directly with the space in which the appliances are
installed*, through openings not furnished with doors, are considered a part of the
unconfined space.
* Adjoining rooms are communicating only if there are doorless passageways or
ventilation grills between them.
AIR FOR
COMBUSTION
AND
VENTILATION
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