I ran into some problems recently with my furnace. It was smoking real bad when it shut off. The furnace is in the basement along with my bedroom and grow room. I assumed the 40 year old oil furnace finally gave up the ghost and after having 3 people check it I bought a new one. After complete installation the new one smoked. It turned out that my basement was to well sealed and the 8" vortex exhaust fan I am exhausting outside was not allowing the furnace to draw properly out the flue. I installed the 8" this summer when the temps. spiked. I had no problems because the furnace wasn't running. I am running the exhaust fan back into the basement and not outside (temps. aren't a problem now). Problem solved. I'm in the process of rebuilding my grow room and plan on running things a bit different in the future.
greeri Reviewed by greeri on . ventilation problems I ran into some problems recently with my furnace. It was smoking real bad when it shut off. The furnace is in the basement along with my bedroom and grow room. I assumed the 40 year old oil furnace finally gave up the ghost and after having 3 people check it I bought a new one. After complete installation the new one smoked. It turned out that my basement was to well sealed and the 8" vortex exhaust fan I am exhausting outside was not allowing the furnace to draw properly out the flue. I Rating: 5