Wall furnace

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wall stud
BW vent
wall furnaces are typically designed to fit in a standard stud space
conventional units exhaust through oval BW (between the wall) vents designed to fit in the stud cavity
gas piping is usually fed to the unit from below
drywall
warm air out
cool air in

Generated explanation

The illustration shows a tall, narrow wall furnace recessed into a drywall partition between wood studs. A cutaway above the furnace exposes an oval BW vent rising through the stud cavity. Arrows show cool room air entering the lower grille and warm air leaving the upper grille. Annotations explain that wall furnaces typically fit a standard stud space and that gas piping is usually supplied from below, although the piping is not shown. No installation defect is depicted.

Components

wall furnace lower air inlet grille upper warm-air outlet grille oval BW vent wall studs drywall partition

Materials

wood framing drywall metal vent metal furnace enclosure

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