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Interior Door Question (self.homeimprovement)

submitted 1 year ago by Thunderdonk4444 to c/homeimprovement

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Hey Friends!

I'm preparing to replace all the interior doors in my apartment (Chicago), and I am wondering if the laundry and furnace rooms require special doors.

Ideally, I would love to slap some solid core doors on there to reduce sound, but it's unclear to me if I need to install doors with ventilation, and if so, how much.

Does anyone know what best practices are here?

Thank you all <3

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[–] Wxfisch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not all modern furnaces and water heaters pull in outside air. Less expensive gas furnaces may still use interior air for combustion and almost all gas water heaters will. Heat pump water heaters absolutely need ventilation to work correctly as well.

[–] grayman 1 points 1 year ago

I was trying to not be too pedantic, but correct. Good points.