Back drafting means your furnace water heater or fireplace are venting into your home.
Furnace room door open or closed.
Make sure it has enough breathing room and enough air moving throughout the space.
If you close the interior door to a room while your air conditioner is in a cooling cycle the air that is pumped into that room will be trapped inside.
Clear a path while you re moving storage items away from the furnace.
A wood barn door can do the trick.
Closed doors don t allow the conditioned air to circulate throughout the house creating uncomfortable hot and cold spots throughout.
How to enclose a furnace room.
If your boiler room doubles as a storage space don t place items flush against the furnace.
A furnace room is an enclosed space in a home or basement that houses appliances such as the furnace dryer washing machine water heater and air conditioner.
However without adequate ventilation the appliances inside won t be able to function properly.
Match the look of your room with a sliding door with the same look open or closed to go with your décor.
This will increase the pressure in the room which will force conditioned air out of any small cracks or openings around the room s windows walls ceiling and floor.
Barn doors make excellent closet doors.
This means having a door vent or leaving the door open so air can easily flow in and out.
Part of this.
You can use any interior door as a closet door.
Furnace rooms are typically small to save space elsewhere in the home.