Questions of the week 12/25/2016

Questions of the week 12/25/16

Introduction and requirements:

A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.

A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.

Winnings will be limited to no more than 6 times in a given year, the objective is to allow as many Members a chance to win as possible.
Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers will forfeit the weekly winnings.

So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.

First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.

The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file. Make sure your Address on File with Inachi is correct.

Courtesy of Nick Gromicko.

Winners of the Question of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.

Allow 2 weeks for delivery.

The questions:

  1. Downdraft fans are effective with pans up to 8” deep, and then become less effective?** T/ F **

  2. With large-capacity exhaust fans of 200 cfm or greater, there is a risk of causing overheating of a fireplace or atmospherically vented boiler, furnace, or water heater.** T/ F **

  3. Is mechanical ventilation required in a kitchen? Y/ N

  4. Flue gases spilling into a home is more serious problem than back drafting? **T/ F **

Good luck

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Congratulations David!

The questions:

  1. Downdraft fans are effective with pans up to 8” deep, and then become less effective? T/ F ? False, downdraft fans quickly lose efficiency when the pan is over 3" deep.

  2. With large-capacity exhaust fans of 200 cfm or greater, there is a risk of causing overheating of a fireplace or atmospherically vented boiler, furnace, or water heater. T/ F /** False, there is a risk of extinguishing pilot lights not overheating. Problem is now reduced by modern sealed combustion devices.**

  3. Is mechanical ventilation required in a kitchen? Y/ N / **Yes where David lives. This trick question would depend on your inspection area.BC adapted the mechanical fan requirement for kitchens in 2014 **

  4. Flue gases spilling into a home is more serious problem than back drafting? T/ F / **False, back drafting is a more serious problem than spillage.
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All questions based on Inspectopedia information.
Good luck

Congrats David!

Congratulations David. :slight_smile:

David Asselin has reached the maximum allowed wins for The Question of The Week for 2016.

Looking forward to seeing you in 2017.

Congratulations and Happy New Year.

Couldn’t have reached that goal at a better time! :wink: :lol:

Great Job Paul. Thank you

Sweet! Thanks all.