Hi all,
I have an old cape cod home built in 1940. We have a finished basement which we spend most of our time in. Our 1995 Enviro fire EF-3 was installed in the basement by the previous owners.
Our home can be quite drafty in the winter as you can actually feel the cold air rushing down the basement steps while you sit on the couch. We also have an oil furnace in the home but I simply prefer and enjoy heating with the pellet stove.
I am learning about pressurization in the home and understand that I am in for quite a battle since the basement is the lowest pressurized point in the home and on top of that we have a pellet stove, an oil furnace AND a radon mitigation system all located in the basement.
Since the house is old and does have cracks in the basement floor (I can see some in the unfinished furnace room, so I assume there are more) I am wondering if the radon pump could be a culprit for the cold drafts as well (pulling air from the house down through the cracks and up and out the radon pump).
So I guess I am wondering if it's worth the effort to go through a concrete block basement wall to install an OAK or am I just ice skating uphill at this point?
Thanks for any feedback!
You guys are awesome and I'm glad I found a place where my pellet stove obsession is not "weird". Lol
I have an old cape cod home built in 1940. We have a finished basement which we spend most of our time in. Our 1995 Enviro fire EF-3 was installed in the basement by the previous owners.
Our home can be quite drafty in the winter as you can actually feel the cold air rushing down the basement steps while you sit on the couch. We also have an oil furnace in the home but I simply prefer and enjoy heating with the pellet stove.
I am learning about pressurization in the home and understand that I am in for quite a battle since the basement is the lowest pressurized point in the home and on top of that we have a pellet stove, an oil furnace AND a radon mitigation system all located in the basement.
Since the house is old and does have cracks in the basement floor (I can see some in the unfinished furnace room, so I assume there are more) I am wondering if the radon pump could be a culprit for the cold drafts as well (pulling air from the house down through the cracks and up and out the radon pump).
So I guess I am wondering if it's worth the effort to go through a concrete block basement wall to install an OAK or am I just ice skating uphill at this point?
Thanks for any feedback!
You guys are awesome and I'm glad I found a place where my pellet stove obsession is not "weird". Lol