Makeup Air
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Choosing the Right Range Hood Makeup Air System
First know the basics, then consider all the factors that go into a good makeup air system. Then install a modest-size range hood with the right capacity.
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Make-up Air in Tight Houses
When homes are well air-sealed, negative pressures and supply air pose unique challenges
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Can a Range Hood and an ERV be Integrated?
A reader asks whether installing an energy recovery ventilator in a new house will limit the capacity of a range hood
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Makeup Air for Kitchen Exhaust
What the code does and doesn't say about kitchen exhaust and makeup air and how to prevent backdrafting of certain combustion appliances
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All About Makeup Air
If your house is very tight, you may need to provide a source of makeup air for your exhaust appliances
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Brick Chimneys With Multiple Flues
Wood-burning appliances are incompatible with a modern airtight home — especially if the home has a brick chimney with multiple flues
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Fantech Develops Kit for Range Hood Makeup Air
The device introduces outdoor makeup air to balance exhaust air, thereby preventing backdrafting
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How to Provide Makeup Air for Range Hoods
If your kitchen has a powerful exhaust fan, it may be making your indoor air worse
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Why Range Hoods Don’t Work
To avoid kitchen air pollution, you want a wide, 200-cfm range hood that is installed as close to the burners as possible
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How to Provide Makeup Air for a Wood Stove
Should your wood stove get ducted outdoor combustion air direct to the firebox, or to a location near the stove — or perhaps no ducted outdoor air at all?
