Warm Boiler Room Air

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simon_skove
simon_skove Posts: 87
in Strictly Steam

Is there anyway for me to get the warm boiler room air into the house?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Posts: 27,989

    Do you really want to? It's warm… but what else is in it?

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • simon_skove
    simon_skove Posts: 87

    it’s just my house basement. Would a slow CFM fan pull the air out of the boiler room.

  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Posts: 12,981

    Fan is not a good idea IMHO.

    Is your boiler room too hot? Do you feel you're wasting heat? Do you spend much time in the boiler room, and is it uncomfortable because of the temperature?

    There is another consideration: a boiler room can contain combustion byproducts and potentially harmful fumes. You certainly don't want to use a fan to introduce that air into your living space.

    Are your steam pipes insulated? If they aren't, that may be the source of your problem, and the proper solution is to insulate them.

    Think about it this way: You don't allow heat to escape from your heating system in the wrong places, only to build a duct system and install a fan to move that unwanted heat somewhere else.

    You insulate the steam pipes to prevent that heat loss in the first place. This keeps the heat in the distribution system until it reaches the radiators, where it is supposed to be released.

    The best way to recover wasted heat is to prevent it from being wasted in the first place.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

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