Home Ventilation's 5 Factors: How to Plan a Healthy Home 

Hey thanks for the appreciation buddy!

Good work Debra

That’s exactly what you’ll find in the Ventilation Design course, Ryan. Perfect.

Muchas gracias Matt buddy

Pretty sure your indoor air doesn’t have “good microbes”

Sure it does- your gut microbiome has plenty of good bugs, for example

@@trp2413 every indoor space has its own microbiome with good and bad microbes, and since Covid, the gauge has raised significantly.

Anything is possible, Paul! I like a bit of decentralization as insurance- if your dehu died you wouldn’t be able to run the radiant cooling anymore either until it got fixed- wheels within wheels.

@@HomePerformance yes Indeed. that would be one downfall of that approach. However, the net result of that situation would probably not be that serious if you’re in a climate where in floor heating really does make any sense at all. Around buffalo, NY we don’t do it to keep our toes warm, but rather because it allows to get maximum combustion, and thermal efficiently out of condensing gas boilers. It also has potential for a gas free future in our market because we have several heavy “lake effect” snow events each year where we get about a week long period where we get 2-6’ of snow. These cause air source heat pumps to have to defrost much more frequently and use more energy while they are not defrosting from the excessive snow accumulation on the outdoor coils. Having an air to water radiant setup could theoretically minimize the effects of heavy precipitation on heat pumps because you have more of a heat buffer both to help with the defrost cycle on a heat pump and to keep the home warm while the heat pump is defrosting. It’s likely that it won’t be common ever but I think there’s more of an argument for in floor heating and cooling and fir hydronic hvac in general than people give it credit for.

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You’ve got a lot going on Mike

👍🏽👍🏽 keep moving toward it Michael

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Depending how much the warranty matters to you, seems that a few low voltage wires and a relay could do exactly what you're looking for. You might have to get up-close and personal with the dehumidifier's control board.

It certainly seems worthwhile and something that the manufacturers should be investing in.

Not yet, though several clients have them

First option is more controlled.

Yucky ham and cheese and soap smells?!? Noooo!

@@HomePerformance hahaha!

My advice would be take them back out- the chemistry is unpredictable and your family will be breathing it.

Yeah, you’ll need makeup air if you don’t have a heat pump or condensing dryer. Opening the laundry room window eorks, if you’re religious about it.

Some appliances are commodities manufactured at scale, bought by everyone. Some are still mostly unknown and have less dependable snd consistent sales.

@@HomePerformance For the sake of argument, let's say that 95% of all new houses in a well-to-do country get a dishwasher, vs. 20% get an ERV. Granted that 5x as many dishwashers are sold as ERVs but then, there are 5x as many manufacturers and variants of dishwashers as there are of of ERVs. Does this alone justify the ridiculous price-difference?

@@HomePerformance Ironically, if the prices were in-line, likely 100%new houses would install an ERV, which would be a win-win-win for the mfg., health, and the environment.

Agreed

I’d ask a manufacturer- they think about things very differently than I do

Actually, we’re still exposed to a ton of stuff, it’s just human- associated stuff instead of rocks-dirt-plants stuff. Your point is good though.

@@HomePerformance Yeah I'm splitting hairs here. I still love airtightness and think it should be a standard. Most people don't isolate themselves indoors all day... So it's a great to have a home to come back to to reset and to have peace of mind that you have a always have an extremely good air quality shelter to return to