This is one of those things that can get your heart pumping when you walk into a room. What's really interesting is that the space it was in is so leaky that it passed the combustion safety test easily.
If you let your lint trap get this dirty the clothes will dry slowly, you will waste a lot of energy and the dryer will run hotter; all bad things.
Just a rule of thumb, if you take something out of a hole in the building you should really fix the hole. This had a piece of paper taped over the inside.
This pretty well defines "Thermal Bypass".
There are so many things wrong in this picture I don't know where to begin. Maybe I'll go have a bite at the fancy restaurant below these ceiling tiles...
(HINT: Insulation does not go on top of suspended ceilings!)
Icicles can be quite beautiful, but they don't belong on buildings.
I will not name the person on the ladder, but I did take the picture. Paying someone to airseal and insulate is SO much better.
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