Cygarbuff
New Member
My new construction house in the basement has a 5" pipe leading outside. The plumber said by code he needed to get more air into my basement. One reason to keep the pilots going. Same for my half bath. The only problem is it brings in cold air in the winter and it's averaging around 15 degrees now. My basement is my gym and I have a lot of equiptment. It's freezing all my electrical equiptment. The plumbing inspector did mention never to plug it as a lot of people do but I could trap the cold air by putting 2 90 degree elbows on it. Does this method work or does this make any sense? He said the air would still come through but trap the cold air. If anyone knows anything about this I would appreciate it. Does it matter which direction the trap is? I want to make sure I understood it correctly. Thank you
Jay
Jay