Was talking to a plumber who told me he used to have this great flue duct heat exchanger above his boiler. He said it had a filter that could be removed for cleaning. I remember my dad had one in our house when I was a kid and it kept the basement nice and toasty.
Now I know some of you are gona tell me that they are not allowed by code or they restrict the flue gasses to much. But the ones I have seen always worked great.
Are they still available ( and if so where ) and have you ever heard of the type with a removeable filter?
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>>Now I know some of you are gona tell me that they are not allowed by code or they restrict the flue gasses to much. But the ones I have seen always worked great.
How do you know they worked great? Maybe they transferred heat into the cellar, but what did they do to the draft?
Flues are designed with an anticipated heatload: remove too much heat and the flue/chimney might start backdrafting at times.
Heat you can feel; carbon monoxide just sneaks up on you.
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I have to agree with Bob, here. Take a well functioning, well designed means of removing toxic gases from you home and sticking a likely-to-clog restriction in it to save a few $$ a year? Doesn't seem to be something worth "reinventing".