Ventilation into Furnace?

mercilus

mercilus

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Hey all,

I want to vent hood-hot air into my furnace so that it will go into the vents and spread throughout and heat the whole house this winter.

Should I hook it up straight to the intake port of the furnace or into the metal box the intake vent and outputs for the house ducting is?

or just into the floor vent and let it distribute that way? (I am concerned it will have blow back issues however when/if my furnace kicks on? Is that a valid concern?)

So ... what would you all recommend I do to make this a reality?

It is an electric furnace.

Yes, I know the air will be stinky if I dont scrub it.
 
Someguy15

Someguy15

Well-Known Member
mercilus said:
Hey all,

I want to vent hood-hot air into my furnace so that it will go into the vents and spread throughout and heat the whole house this winter.

Should I hook it up straight to the intake port of the furnace or into the metal box the intake vent and outputs for the house ducting is?

or just into the floor vent and let it distribute that way? (I am concerned it will have blow back issues however when/if my furnace kicks on? Is that a valid concern?)

So ... what would you all recommend I do to make this a reality?

It is an electric furnace.

Yes, I know the air will be stinky if I dont scrub it.
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I'd vent it into the furnace room and let it go from there. The furnace will do less work heating the room air that way, and u don't have to worry about the 2 interfering with each other. Just my 2c.
 
MisterPink

MisterPink

Member
mercilus said:
Hey all,

I want to vent hood-hot air into my furnace so that it will go into the vents and spread throughout and heat the whole house this winter.

Should I hook it up straight to the intake port of the furnace or into the metal box the intake vent and outputs for the house ducting is?

or just into the floor vent and let it distribute that way? (I am concerned it will have blow back issues however when/if my furnace kicks on? Is that a valid concern?)

So ... what would you all recommend I do to make this a reality?

It is an electric furnace.

Yes, I know the air will be stinky if I dont scrub it.
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I have done something similar to this on my latest room: I pull cool air from my basement for my cool-tube and ducted the hot exhaust into my basement stairwell. Up untill last week it was keeping my main floor at 22c.
 
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