NattyBrew
Well-Known Member
I am in the process of building a clone of Kal's electric brewery and am slightly stumped on how to best ventilate my set up out of the glass block window I have access to in my future brew room. Here is the window as it stands today:
My original idea was to use the same size fan as Kal, the Vortex VTX600 running six inch diameter rigid metal ducting to the window before going through a short 6" to 4" reducer to fit over a very common dryer vent style glass block replacement which would be located in the middle row on the far left. My original idea for make up air was going to be to install another dryer vent slot, without the plastic louvers, in that same row but on the far right square, leaving me with about 16" (I think the blocks are 8" square) or so between the exhaust and make-up inlet.
My first question would be for those of you with exhaust systems, is this enough distance between the exhaust and make up air inlet? Or will I end up just sucking back in the same hot, humid air I am venting outside?
My second question is, what about a solution that involves a vent window next to the dryer vent as shown below? Obviously this makes the gap effectively zero between exhaust and make up air inlet, but these vents are in my other windows in the basement and would most likely allow a better flow of make up air into my brew room.
Thoughts?
My original idea was to use the same size fan as Kal, the Vortex VTX600 running six inch diameter rigid metal ducting to the window before going through a short 6" to 4" reducer to fit over a very common dryer vent style glass block replacement which would be located in the middle row on the far left. My original idea for make up air was going to be to install another dryer vent slot, without the plastic louvers, in that same row but on the far right square, leaving me with about 16" (I think the blocks are 8" square) or so between the exhaust and make-up inlet.
My first question would be for those of you with exhaust systems, is this enough distance between the exhaust and make up air inlet? Or will I end up just sucking back in the same hot, humid air I am venting outside?
My second question is, what about a solution that involves a vent window next to the dryer vent as shown below? Obviously this makes the gap effectively zero between exhaust and make up air inlet, but these vents are in my other windows in the basement and would most likely allow a better flow of make up air into my brew room.
Thoughts?