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Old 02-16-11, 07:50 AM   #2
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I'd also have to landscape the yard and put up a fence as it's a brand new house.
Oh, great excuse to bury a ground source loop for your future heat pump project Also, you could add a ground source heat exchanger for the ventilation system.

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Another weird thing is the air intake. As the tube comes into the main branch of the air intake, there's a small 6 inch tube with holes in it. As if it's pulling air from the basement into the air intake. I don't really get it, and the realtor was a bit perplexed.
Maybe it's about basement ventilation, to make sure nothing starts to grow in the corners?
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