jeffw@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about “passive houses,” building that are airtight and require barely any energy to heat or coolen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1302arrow-down1external-linkTIL about “passive houses,” building that are airtight and require barely any energy to heat or coolen.m.wikipedia.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGuy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·1 year agoAs a firefighter, Airtight sounds like a bomb if there’s ever a fire.
minus-squareDepressedCoconut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoIf there is a fire in in a air tight room and you close the door and stop the ventilation, wouldn’t the fire die out because of the lack of oxygen?
minus-squareBoinketh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDepending on how air tight it is, couldn’t it make the room explode due to the increased pressure from the hot gasses expanding?
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As a firefighter, Airtight sounds like a bomb if there’s ever a fire.
If there is a fire in in a air tight room and you close the door and stop the ventilation, wouldn’t the fire die out because of the lack of oxygen?
Depending on how air tight it is, couldn’t it make the room explode due to the increased pressure from the hot gasses expanding?
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