flex duct into ceiling above furnace?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:43 pm
Hello all,
I bought a used home and the furnace was missing from the alcove. The only thing in there was a flexible insulated duct hanging down from the ceiling. I Since bought a electric furnace with front grille air return. There are not any fresh air return grille anywhere inside or out. Is this duct supposed to be drawing air from the "attic" to keep it dry? I went on the roof and listened from every pipe to see if I could hear my wife talking into it with no luck. I did take a vent cover off and it went right into the "attic"(sorry don't know proper name.) I used the periscope and it looked like they insulated with some kind of foil on one side. If this setup is drawing air from the attic and ultimately from the outside, is this right or should I block it off. The year is a 2002 clayton excel.16x80.
I bought a used home and the furnace was missing from the alcove. The only thing in there was a flexible insulated duct hanging down from the ceiling. I Since bought a electric furnace with front grille air return. There are not any fresh air return grille anywhere inside or out. Is this duct supposed to be drawing air from the "attic" to keep it dry? I went on the roof and listened from every pipe to see if I could hear my wife talking into it with no luck. I did take a vent cover off and it went right into the "attic"(sorry don't know proper name.) I used the periscope and it looked like they insulated with some kind of foil on one side. If this setup is drawing air from the attic and ultimately from the outside, is this right or should I block it off. The year is a 2002 clayton excel.16x80.