Is Your Home Properly Ventilated?
When is the last time you gave your home and its ventilation a thought? We’ll bet it’s been a long time…
or never! Is your home properly ventilated? It’s a question the technicians from Symbiont Service Corp think about and talk with homeowners and commercial building owners about when they pay a service visit.
What is home ventilation?
When we are discussing it, we define it as an “exchange of stale indoor air with fresh outdoor air.” When you think about that, you definitely want to make certain you’re breathing fresh outdoor air rather than stale air, right? Stale air can include pet (and human) dander and dead skin, toxins from household cleaners and even mold spores.
Home ventilation is important because it can also eliminate contaminants and pollutants from the air.
These can also include:
- Bacteria
- Carbon monoxide
- Dust
- Dust mites
- Radon gas
- Viruses
You definitely don’t want to think that you’re breathing in any of these toxins, right?
Is Your Home Properly Ventilated?
A properly ventilated home will make it easier to keep indoor humidity at optimal levels. These levels range between 30 and 60 percent humidity. When the humidity is too high mold can become an issue. Humidity in the home or commercial space that is too low can lead to respiratory discomfort and static electricity.
When your home is properly ventilated, you may just see lower energy costs. That’s a huge plus, especially in Florida when we run our air conditioners many months of the year. If you open your windows and circulate the air inside the home with ceiling or window fans you can more efficiently cool your home without having to turn on the air conditioner.
How can you easily ventilate your home or office?
Here are three ways in which the Symbiont Service Corp geothermal professionals recommend.
- Open the windows. This is an effective, and inexpensive ventilation method.
- Strategically-placed fans and ductwork. These methods help with the exchange of stale indoor air with fresh outdoor air.
- Localized ventilation. You can choose to ventilate a floor of the home or in a specific room. When you’re utilizing localized ventilation, exhaust fans are the typical way to achieve this. A localized ventilation example is the range hood in the kitchen which pulls out cooking odors of the air and pushes them to the outdoors.
Do you need more information on ventilation?
Are you wondering whether your home or office is properly and adequately ventilated? Contact us and we can discuss our methods of expertly installing a whole-house ventilation system.
We educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For information about home ventilation and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
Symbiont Service Corp. serves Englewood, Florida and the surrounding areas. Visit our website to see our special offers and get started today!
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