Gas Furnace Louvered Door

Insufficient combustion air need outside air or a full louvered door or a standard door with high and low vents.

Gas furnace louvered door.

The heat that the furnace radiates may lead to a fire hazard. Sometimes there is a small grill in the floor that some goof covered up with a piece of carpet that was not ok. For a 100 000 btu furnace gas fired or oil fired than a 50 square inch fresh air vent is required. For a gas or oil furnace a louvered door or a pipe to supply combustion air is required.

A louvered door has horizontal slats for venting if the door is fully louvered over its entire surface then this will work as long as the combined input rating of the gas appliances is less than 175 000 btu hr. Fresh air is required. Note if a louver is used than this will decrease the size of the opening. If you don t want to or can t use a louvered door here are your other options.

Some furnaces allowed off sleeping areas with outside air and solid sealed fireproof door. Electric furnace no combustion. Combustion air can be drawn from adjoining spaces. White finish is electrostatically applied baked on enamel.

Insufficient clearance need metal door or fireproof door to reduce clearance requirements. You can connect the furnace room to the rest of. Door furnace 22 x 78 5 finished opening size 22 5 x 80 5 free air space. This is where ventilation become important not the ventilation of the furnace itself but the ventilation of the closet space.

The heat can safely escape if there is space around the furnace. Do not install your furnace in a storage closet. Single panel full louvered doors. Apparently not applicable is this instance.