On Thursday, June 5, 2014 3:37:55 PM UTC-4, Pete C. wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:



Scott Lurnda.



Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. There was no ductwork, the entire

basement was the "duct". There was just an opening through the

floor at the base of the wall cavity, and a vent high on the wall.



The air handler unit had the filter and just pulled air from the

basement.



Hi,

How did that pass the inspection? The house was built w/o proper

building permit?



Why would it not pass inspection? Ensuring fresh air circulation in the

basement isn't a bad idea after all. Also not every place and time is

subject to code nazis and people aren't dying as a result of lack of

code nazis either.

Pulling all the air from the basement, right at the furnace would create
low pressure, possibly pulling combustion gases from the furnace,
WH, etc could be one good reason for it to not pass.