I am planning to convert my garage to a bedroom and a laundry room. My plan was to enclose the gas water heater and gas furnace inside a 5' wide 3 ' deep room with double doors for ease of access/replacement. This would be a room within the new laundry room. I have been looking at the requirements for venting and know I will need vents near the floor and near the ceiling. I have not quiet figured out the size yet but know it will have to be at least 10"x10" as that is the min.
Then I had another thought, what if I installed louvered double doors? would this be allowed and if so would I be able to either not install the vents to the outside or perhaps would it decrease the size of the vents needed? If I did install louvered doors would there be a problem drawing air in from the laundry room?
The washer and dryer are both electric. Would there be a problem with that?
Or could I also not enclose the water heater and furnace and leave it open to the laundry room?
thanks,
gak
Then I had another thought, what if I installed louvered double doors? would this be allowed and if so would I be able to either not install the vents to the outside or perhaps would it decrease the size of the vents needed? If I did install louvered doors would there be a problem drawing air in from the laundry room?
The washer and dryer are both electric. Would there be a problem with that?
Or could I also not enclose the water heater and furnace and leave it open to the laundry room?
thanks,
gak