Furnace room
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A furnace room is a room in a building for locating a furnace
Furnace
A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven.In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used to describe household heating systems based on a central furnace , and sometimes as a synonym for kiln, a device used in the...

 and auxiliary equipment. Such a room minimizes the visual impact of the furnace, pipes and other gear. A modern compact furnace for a single family home can readily fit into a small closet
Closet
A closet is a small and enclosed space, a cabinet, or a cupboard in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. A closet for food storage is usually referred to as a pantry...

. However, care must be exercised to provide adequate ventilation
Ventilation (architecture)
Ventilating is the process of "changing" or replacing air in any space to provide high indoor air quality...

 as the exterior of the furnace unit emits a significant amount of heat
Heat
In physics and thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one body, region, or thermodynamic system to another due to thermal contact or thermal radiation when the systems are at different temperatures. It is often described as one of the fundamental processes of energy transfer between...

. An unheated attached garage
Garage (house)
A residential garage is part of a home, or an associated building, designed or used for storing a vehicle or vehicles. In some places the term is used synonymously with "carport", though that term normally describes a structure that is not completely enclosed.- British residential garages:Those...

 can be an ideal furnace room, as the exterior heat from the furnace will warm and dry the garage. However, care must be taken to prevent air leakage from the garage into the house via pathways, either through or around the furnace and ductwork. Such air leakage could act to transport potentially dangerous contaminants from the garage into the main body of the house. In the picture, the airflow is from bottom to top, with an electronic air filter on the bottom, followed by a natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 high efficiency or condensing furnace (98% efficient) in the middle, and air conditioning
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

 coils on top.

See also

  • Furnace Room Lullaby
    Furnace Room Lullaby
    Furnace Room Lullaby is an alternative country album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released in February 2000, on Mint/Bloodshot Records. It was Case's second solo album....

     (song)
  • McLaren Furnace Room
    McLaren Furnace Room
    McLaren Furnace Room is the first major label album by Canadian band, The Watchmen. Originally released by SUMO Productions in Canada in 1992 , the release impressed MCA Records Canada who signed the band and released the album in 1993 on a much wider scale...

     (music album)

and
  • Mechanical room
    Mechanical room
    A mechanical room or a boiler room is a room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment. Unless a building is served by a centralized heating plant, the size of the mechanical room is usually proportional to the size of the building...

     (boiler room)
  • Utility room
    Utility room
    A utility room is a room within a house where equipment that are not used in day to day activities are kept. Utility refers to an item which is designed for usefulness or practical use, so in turn most of the items kept in this room have functional attributes...

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