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question for home owners??
- Thread starter rashidme
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Smash some windows = instant air circulation, or you could just open them
.If you want the furnace to do the circulating, set it to "circulate", or "fan on", with no heat or a/c running.
If you have a humid / damp basement, get a dehumidifier, and run it all summer.
Red_Liner740
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Open windows? To create airflow i open a window on one side of the house and a window on the other. As long as theres a bit of wind it will help. It doesnt help that later generations of houses dont take natural airflow circulation into house design consideration. They are meant to be cooled or heated with central air.
Open windows is less expensive and feels better in the house than air conditioning.
Even once it starts warming up, you can often get through much of the summer through strategic open windows in the evening and overnight, then close everything up and close the blinds in the morning before you leave for work. Leave the a/c off unless necessary - but once it becomes necessary, leave the windows shut.
Even once it starts warming up, you can often get through much of the summer through strategic open windows in the evening and overnight, then close everything up and close the blinds in the morning before you leave for work. Leave the a/c off unless necessary - but once it becomes necessary, leave the windows shut.
This. Utilize the colder nights to open up your windows and get as much fresh air as you can. It's particularly good for me because I'm close to the lake. If you have giant bedroom windows that get afternoon sun, make sure you close the blinds or utilize heavy drapes during the day.
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http://www.homedepot.ca/product/eliminator-heat-recovery-ventilator-hrv-150cfm/811131
They are all the "same" and quite simple in the way they operate. All the major furnace brands have rebadged HRV models as well.
Typically run around $1000 - $1500 properly installed.
You have to wash/clean the filters once a year, but worth the cost if you hate stale air.
http://www.homedepot.ca/product/eliminator-heat-recovery-ventilator-hrv-150cfm/811131
They are all the "same" and quite simple in the way they operate. All the major furnace brands have rebadged HRV models as well.
Typically run around $1000 - $1500 properly installed.
You have to wash/clean the filters once a year, but worth the cost if you hate stale air.
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If you have a nice, new, tight house, then yes I agree with this. Otherwise they are a waste of money.
-Adam
GateKeeper
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so in the winter your going to suck in -20 deg. air into your house and then heat it to plus 22 deg., that don't sound very efficient to me.....
and opposite in the summer, suck in hot air to cool it down, before it gets distributed throught your house
+1 but I love AC just hate paying for it. So we try to hold off for as long as we can
Put a fan in a window blowing out and open up other windows in the house. The fan blowing out will suck the outside air in. I use a box fan, it just needs to be relatively sealed to the window. Make sure you have other windows open otherwise it can suck air backwards down the chimney or give you CO2 problems on the water heater.
Run it at night and it will cool the house right down. Close up during the day to keep the cool air in the house. Doing this you will have no need for AC until the summer nights get above 20.
Run it at night and it will cool the house right down. Close up during the day to keep the cool air in the house. Doing this you will have no need for AC until the summer nights get above 20.
HRV = "Heat Recovery Ventilator"
In winter, it uses less energy to heat up the air that you are drawing in, by taking the heat from the air that you are blowing out. (Or, vice versa, it takes less energy to cool off the air that you are drawing in by rejecting the heat into the air that you are blowing out.) An open window doesn't do that, a leaky house doesn't do that.
Even with that, a bit of forethought still helps. If the outside temp is (say) 18 - 20 C but your house is heating up to 24 C because of the sun, you might not WANT to recover the heat from the air you are blowing outside. If the outside temp is -10 C and the furnace is on, different story. If the outside temp is 30 C and the A/C is on, different story.
Riceburner
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open your windows.
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