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Residential Exhaust Codes and Best Practices
Licensed mechanical engineer Tony Amadio joins the podcast to talk about residential exhaust codes and best practices. He also put together a presentation about the topic, which you can view at https://hvacrschool.com/exhaust.
When choosing duct materials for residential exhaust, you will want to stick to sheet metal and mind the gauge; flex ductwork can easily be damaged and will rack up a high total equivalent length in a way that sheet metal will not.
Exhaust air should always discharge outdoors, not into an attic or crawl space, and that air needs to be replaced by air entering the…
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