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I live in a townhome built in 2000. Our furnace is working fine but next to it is a duct blowing in freezing?

I live in a town home built in 2000. Our furnace is working fine but next to it is a duct blowing in freezing cold air - I live in MN so it is making our basement really cold and probably increasing our heating bill immensely. Anyone know what this is? Is it necessary? Can I plug it?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The duct is most likely for combustion air. When homes started being built very tightly there became the need to supply combustion air to the furnace to replace the air going up the flue. If you plug it your furnace may starve for air and run too rich or go out all together.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Ductwork in most homes consists of warm air (warm air traveling away from the furnace) and cold air (cool air returning to the furnace from various parts of the house) to be reheated. "Freezing" air should not even be available to the duct system. I think the best thing to do would be to call a heating and air conditioning company and ask about it. They may be able to answer your question without a service call. If it does require a service call, it will probably be cheaper than heating all that "freezing" air.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    You need to call an HVAC Contractor. You're basement being really cold is a clear indicator that there is an issue with the duct.

  • 4 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    you should the repair people in your area;it sounds like a duct has fell off .

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