Operation of fire place, exhaust hood and dwelling ventilation system

The fundamental requirements, already presented at the 1st European BlowerDoorSymposium, did not change, respectively practice has brought up some points. Still there is no standardised qualification profile on the part of the district chimneysweeper. That is based finally on the fact that the draft standard to the control devicedid not come beyond the objection phase. Thus the control device is still an unregulated electronic component and requires a general approval by German Institut for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut fr Bautechnik). No applicant attained this permission until today. That is probably because of the fact, that one could not agree safety-related secured upon the placement of the sensing element. According to the German building laws thereby a control device cannot be used.