The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 419
ystem is often installed withthe idea of securing better ventilation thanis expected by direct heat alone. As amatter of fact, the air renewal in eithercase depends largely on the natural out-ward leakage afiforded by the structure andthe draught power of any vent flues avail-able. The inward… … EM iaULMEM^ window ventilation can be increased with-out stopping the heat supply from radiatorswhile the draught in a hot air flue is liableto be reversed under wind action when heatis most needed. The idea of better ven-tilation through hot-air heating is, there-fore, nearly always a delusion. On…
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