Re: [GBlist] Air Inlets

[Sacie H Lambertson <dlambert@grasshoppernet.com>]

Lance,  here in 5500 HDD Kansas, we built a small, just over 1000 sq ft,
fairly tight cabin, and I too was concerned about fresh air so bought a
Fresh 80 inlet to see what they looked like.  Had been advised one could
make them, so I wanted a prototype.  We easily heat the cabin with the
smallest wood stove we could buy.  The inlet would have offered good
incoming air for a proper stove draft, but instead we simply knocked out
the 'knock-out' at the bottom of the stove and mated a duct to it that
leads to the outside and from whence comes all the fresh air necessary.  I
also have a particularly powerful motor in my stove fan and can not have it
on when I'm starting or feeding the stove.   This latter is the only draft
problem I have, and I found no need for the inlet so never installed it.
Important to add that we also open our bedroom  windows at night, which is
the time when fresh air would be most necessary I believe.  The other
caveat is that we rarely spend any long period inside the cabin during the
day, rather are coming and going all the time, so there's doors opening etc.
	I would say live without the Fresh 80 and see how it works.  Easy to put
these in if you need it but for myself I never liked the idea of a
permanent hole in my otherwise pretty tight SIP structure.   		Sacie
Lambertson
	Our walls are a tight R 24, the ceiling, also SIP, is R 34, no electrical
outlets on the outside walls, good casement windows, not very good doors
but we feel cozy in the winter, albeit not as cold as Maine and lots of
sunshine here in Kansas.

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