[Greenbuilding] Fireplace questions

[Norbert Senf]

At 11:26 PM 11/8/2006 -0500, Keith Winston wrote:
>(snip)
>
>Reading through the literature that Norbert pointed us to, even though
>some of it is labeled "Outdoor combustion air was a good idea . . .
>until it was studied", it's not at all obvious to me that the literature
>actually says that. It looks to me like they set up straw men and knock
>them down, (snip)

I'd rephrase that to: "Outdoor combustion air seems like a good idea,
except that there is not a single credible study to support it".

I certainly thought it was a good idea, until I looked into it further,
including doing testing.

Also, let's remember the important distinction between outside
combustion air and makeup air.

Norbert