Replying to a message of TOM WALKER to ROGER NELSON:

 A>>>> RN> What?  No rack in the basement near the furnace?  (-:

 N>>> BA> Actually the basement is unheated except for what heat radiates
 N>>> from the BA> duct between the furnace and the chimney. And one can
 N>>> put one's hand on BA> the furnace when it's running and find that
 N>>> the metal is cold.

 RN>> For some reason, I can't form a mental image of that "duct between
 RN>> the furna and the chimney."  I thought the purpose of a basement
 RN>> furnace was to supply heat to the rooms above, but I suppose, based
 RN>> on the type of heating oil use the fumes would have to vent
 RN>> somewhere.  We don't have that down here.  (-:

 TW> Actualy Building Codes have Required an External Vent for the
 TW> combustion chamber of the furnace for many, many years. 

And before that common sense did.  While this house leaks so much air (and heat;
it's not drafty in here when the north wind cranks up, it's windy) that CO probably
wouldn't be an issue, it is in new nearly airtight houses.

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