Existing 80% Staying, Replacing Gravity W/ 90% Venting Question

 
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Old 02-10-2004, 01:37 PM   #1
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Existing 80% Staying, Replacing Gravity W/ 90% Venting Question


I am buying a house that's been split into two apartments. One apartment has a new 80% furnace. The second apartment has an old gravity furnace that I am replacing with a 90% furnace. Both of the existing furnaces vent into the masonry chimney. I don't think that there is a condensation problem now since the gravity exhaust is so warm. However, when I install the 90% furnace, what is my best venting solution? Stainless Steel flue liner? Or can the 80% and 90% both go out a PVC vent?

 
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Old 02-11-2004, 06:15 AM   #2
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90+ is a seprate flue to the outside, do not connect to the flue.
Leave the 80% where it is just block off the old opening where the old unit connected.

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90+ is a seprate flue to the outside, do not connect to the flue.
Leave the 80% where it is just block off the old opening where the old unit connected.

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Thanks Benie. Also, do 80% furnace exhausts need a flue liner in an old chimney?
 
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Is the flue on the inside of the home? if so no liner is needed.
However if the flue is on the outside of the home, you may need a liner as the flue will not be heated by the old unit.

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