Knowing the different aspects of your utility room is important. Learn why your fresh air intake is one of those.

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one other component that you need to be aware of and is a common question for everyone is, “what is this pipe up here that just seems to be open and running to the outside?” especially in the winter time you will be able to feel up here and feel cool air coming through that. What this is, is it is a fresh air intake from the outside. The purpose of it is with the new homes and energy efficiency of the homes they are sealed so tight that it allows no fresh air to come into the furnace room area to allow fresh air to flow into the house. This allows fresh air from the outside so you do not get stale air continuing to recalculate throughout the home. be aware that this is normal. If you ever finish this room you always need to make sure this pipe is terminated within the room where the furnace is located. Some people are quick to stuff this full of insulation to stop air from coming in. That is against code, we strongly discourage it because you will have problems with stale air in the future.

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