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Air seal around kitchen and bathroom exhaust fans to keep conditioned air from leaking into unconditioned space.
Right - This ceiling-mounted mini whole-house fan has built-in insulated covers to reduce heat loss when the fan is not in use
Right – Fan with a cleanly cut and properly sized hole has been air sealed to drywall
Right – The exhaust fan duct is sealed to the fan with mastic and the fan opening is covered with cardboard to keep out dust during construction.
The polyethylene ceiling vapor barrier is sealed to form an air barrier around the exhaust fan in this very cold climate location (≥ CZ 6).
Whole house fans draw cool night-time air in through open windows and expel hot house air into the vented attic
Wrong – Roughly cut hole that is larger than the fan, making it difficult to seal
Wrong – Roughly cut hole that is larger than the fan, making it difficult to seal
Wrong – Whole house fan installed with holes in surrounding platform that need to be air sealed