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Fresh air – Heat Return Vent

If you’re anything like me you absolutely adore getting out into nature plus experiencing all of the beauty that it has to offer.

I’m not only talking about looking around plus seeing the gorgeous trees plus rocks all around. I’m talking about enjoying it with all of your senses. Obviously the sounds of nature are extremely calming plus peaceful, such as rainfall or a babbling brook. But my associate and I should also talk about the feel plus aroma of the air when you’re in The Great Outdoors. I do not know enough people adore the natural ventilation as much as they should. There’s nothing that I adore more than waking up early plus going on it quick hike up my local mountain. As soon as I get outside plus fill my lungs with the fresh plus cool air of Summer days I feel amazing about life. There’s just nothing like it. Especially when we are talking about the air quality that you experienced inside in the summer. In comparison, there is no doubt that the outdoor air is much healthier for you. What am I talking about? I’m talking about how stale plus stagnant your air conditioned air is. When you spend the entire Summer pumping A/C into your home, eventually the air gets stale. There is not any exchange of indoor air for fresh outdoor air, so you just cycle the same treated air through your house day after day. Recently I was absolutely cheerful to learn about heat return vents. They labor to circumvent this stale indoor air issue. The purpose of the heat return vent, or HRV, is to upgrade the volume of indoor air with outdoor air. This way your house will never get so stale that you forget what fresh mountain air even feels like.

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Even the cats are over it

I’m loading up with layers of sunscreen, layers of flowing clothing, floppy hats, plus sunglasses

It’s finally here – the miserable plus sticky Summer of the deep south… People are slowing down, plus time is following suit, however no one is where they say they’ll be when you expect them anymore, however everyone is moving in slo-mo to avoid working up more body heat than necessary from the extra exertion, and traffic is slower, checking out at the store is more lavish of your time, plus even conversations have slowed to a crawl, then it’s pretty funny to me how the human species copes with dire heat. I suppose it’s just an pet condition that my associate and I haven’t outgrown with all our costly industry plus technological advances! At the end of the day, you still need to go outside. There are particular pets that I expect to be affected by the heat, but cats absolutely are not one of them… Dogs, of course, get lazy plus reliant on loads of cool fresh water when the temperature climbs, but you’ll see wild pets like birds plus squirrels chilling out lazily or diving into puddles of water for relief on sunshiney days, then but it’s pretty precious that you’ll see a animal avoiding the sunshine or panting from the heat, you know? For me, that’s the real indicator of a dangerously sizzling day, when Garfield is over the sunshine, so am I. I’m loading up with layers of sunscreen, layers of flowing clothing, floppy hats, plus sunglasses. And after all that, I’m not going outside unless I genuinely have to. As far as I’m nervous, there isn’t enough sunscreen in the world to offset the pounding sunshine plus miserable humidity on those animal days of summer.

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Air vents are jammed by furniture

Sometimes people entirely make me laugh.

They get so worked up & start looking for immense complications to explain their rather small complications. This is something that I’ve seen time & time again in my own friends & family, but it’s still typically pretty funny. I was recently this was happening with my superb friend who couldn’t figure out why his condo was so hot & humid every single afternoon. She lives in the South & couldn’t understand why his Central A/C wasn’t taking care of his hot & sticky indoor air. She said that he kept in the temperature control set at an straight-forward 75° everyday, just like he did back home, but somehow the A/C did not labor well in the south. I asked if he entirely thought that his a/c was in capable of operating as efficiently due to the lower latitudes, & he adamantly insisted. I suggested many times that he just have a designated Heating plus Air Conditioning specialist come out & inspect the A/C component to find out if there was a concern with its operations, but my friend didn’t want to spend the money. Instead he continued living with subpar A/C in his condo & using box fans to create some breeze in his indoor space. I thought this was a unusual inexpensive way to keep doing things, but I couldn’t stop his from beating the crap out of his own Heating plus Air Conditioning system. After many months of hearing about the hot & humid conditions he was living in, I finally went to visit one afternoon. As soon as I walked in his condo I was startled by the amount of furniture he had gained. I took a look around & then had to stop & ask her… Have you considered the fact that all of your air vents are currently jammed by furniture?

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My allergies and air filter

It seems like all of this dirt and nasty garbage was falling straight out of the air duct as I stared at it.

I’ve been a pretty healthy human being for my entire life. In fact, I have never even been in the hospital. I have never had a major surgery, I have never broken a bone, and I have never had odd illnesses that required me to be held up in a medical facility. Thank God I haven’t had to endure all of that stress. Well, I should say I did not have to.., until now. out of the green, the past year has been full of medical mysteries in my world. All of a abrupt my body you rebelled against me. The biggest problems are in my chest and head. It feels like every single afternoon I wake up with the worst head frosty of my entire life. My sinuses are regularly inflamed, my nose is regularly running, I have been hacking out a long for well over a year now, and frankly I can’t even breathe some afternoons. I have been going to doctor after doctor trying to figure out what is going on with my respiratory health, but no one has been helping. Finally I figured out what needed to be done all on my own. I was in the attic poking around one afternoon and happen to jostle the air duct hanging overhead. As the piece of metal swung around dust and debris went flying everywhere… and it shocked me. It seems like all of this dirt and nasty garbage was falling straight out of the air duct as I stared at it. It was in that moment that I realized I had no idea if the air ducts had ever been cleaned before. The prior owners did not do a good task caring for the house. Why would I have taken care of the air ducts? I called my Heating, Ventilation, and A/C business instantly and had the air ducts scrubbed out within the week. I’m glad to report that I can breathe absolutely again.

 

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Saving money with less energy overall

These afternoons my budget is not bendy.

Prior to this I was able to live pretty freely with my salaried position.

I had free rent, and so I was able to spend all of my money on repaying student loans and pursuing some of my current hobbies. However, all good things must come to an end. These afternoons I’m living on my own and I have a lot of expenses to consider each month – my heating and cooling is absolutely one of them. I’m staying in a small home where I have to cover all of the energy bills on my own, so one of my biggest passion these afternoons is finding current innovative ways to cut down on utility bills. Periodically this means living a pretty simple life, but genuinely I don’t miss all of the perks that I used to spend on, however right now I’m focused on lowering my utility bills as much as possible. I spend a lot of time alone in the dark. I also tend to keep the windows open so that I don’t have to use the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C system quite so often. I’ll be honest, it’s actually tepid out. There are some afternoons that opening the windows feels like taking a plunge into the tepid humid depths of Hell. However it’s still better than my outdated living circumstances were. Even though I can’t run the A/C continually afternoon and night like I used to, I’m still feeling a lot better. Maybe it’s due to the fresh air that I’m letting in instead of running my a/c.

 

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Fresh air – Heat Return Vent

If you’re anything like me you entirely prefer getting out into nature & experiencing all of the beauty that it has to offer.

I am not only talking about looking around & seeing the gorgeous trees & rocks all around. I am talking about enjoying it with all of your senses. Obviously the sounds of nature are severely calming & peaceful, such as rainfall or a babbling brook. But we should also talk about the feel & odor of the air when you’re in The Great Outdoors. I don’t think enough people prefer the natural ventilation as much as they should. There’s nothing that I prefer more than waking up early & going on it quick hike up my local mountain. As soon as I get outside & fill my lungs with the fresh & cool air of Summer mornings I feel amazing about life. There’s just nothing like it. Especially when we are talking about the air quality that you experienced inside in the summer. In comparison, there is no doubt that the outdoor air is much healthier for you. What am I talking about? I am talking about how stale & stagnant your air conditioned air is. When you spend the entire summer time pumping A/C into your home, eventually the air gets stale. There is not any exchange of indoor air for fresh outdoor air, so you just cycle the same treated air through your condo afternoon after afternoon. Recently I was entirely excited to learn about heat return vents. They labor to circumvent this stale indoor air issue. The purpose of the heat return vent, or HRV, is to update the volume of indoor air with outdoor air. This way your condo will never get so stale that you forget what fresh mountain air even feels like.

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Trying to save money, brand new AC unit

You’ve gotta spend money to make money.

Have you ever heard that old turn of phrase? Sometimes I think about it in depth, because I am trying to get a small business off the ground and have no idea what I’m doing with marketing and advertising, investing in equipment, or paying for professional advice.

I’m pretty reluctant to spend money on anything, let alone to consider pouring large amounts of money into a business that might flop immediately. However, there is one area that I wholeheartedly believe is worthwhile to give every penny you have – your home HVAC system. My dad was a professional HVAC technician, so I know a thing or two about heating and cooling solutions. I can tell you for a fact, you don’t want to neglect your indoor air quality equipment, even if it saves you money in the short run. Why is this such a bad idea? Because that same HVAC negligence will come back to bite you in the butt later down the line, and the costs will be astronomically higher than if you had properly respected your AC and furnace. That’s why I always spend my excess money on air temperature system maintenance and updated air quality control equipment, realizing that I will make my money back if I spend it in this particular way. How, you ask? Well, when you operate an updated and highly energy efficient AC unit or furnace, you cut down on energy costs each month. You also reduce your home renovation and health costs, since you can readily establish high quality air conditions indoors. Paying a professional HVAC technician to diligently inspect your AC and heating unit each year leads to less repair costs down the line, and maintains the same high quality air over time. When it comes to business decisions, know that every dollar you put into your HVAC system, you will get back out.

 

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Need garage for workspace, sellers sealed air vents in due diligence

Man, am I feeling hot under the collar right now. I hate when people take the liberty to “go above and beyond” when you haven’t asked them to. Sometimes, they actually take steps in the right direction and save you a lot of trouble with their extra effort… and sometimes there’s a very good reason why you didn’t mention a particular task, and they create a lot of extra work with their assumptions. I understand that there are usually good intentions behind these situations, but I have a hard time respecting people who don’t follow directions anyways. Let me tell you what’s going on. We are just now moving into a brand new house, and it turns out that the sellers have meddled with some important aspects of the HVAC system. Though they were trying to be responsible by making the heating and cooling system more energy efficient, the sellers have actually created a lot of time and energy expenditure for us instead. You see, when we looked at the place, we had a few questions about the heating and cooling system indoors. The top floor felt very hot and humid, the lower level was very cool and wet, and there were a few air vents that seemed inoperable. We requested that these issues were dealt with during due diligence, but we never expected them to take things up a notch and make permanent changes without our input. That’s how I wound up realizing that the sellers had gone into the garage, noticed the overhead air vents, and decided to permanently plug them up. They intended to provide extra indoor air quality control to the other spaces in this way… however, I intended to use those air vents in the garage to maintain comfortable air quality in my new workspace. I guess we’ll be buying a new HVAC system for the garage now. Thanks a lot guys.

 

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Smart thermostat is kindof dumb

Okay, so I think we need to lay some ground rules for this new “smart device” trend that started about ten years ago.

Remember back then, when things were so simple? The only “smart” anything we had was the iphone, followed by a few copycat devices that were clearly inferior when it came to digital intelligence.

There weren’t smart speakers, smart surveillance systems, smart switches, smart lights, and smart “god knows what else” that have become widely available these days. I feel like the label doesn’t even apply most of the time, and there are limited standards for what makes these things so intelligent. My smart thermostat, for example, is no genius. I’ve had the stupid thing for about six months, and I’ve never felt like my indoor air quality was so poorly managed before this period. Even my plain old dial thermostat was smarter than this – at least that old air temperature control fossil could keep a steady indoor air temperature! My 30 year old programmable thermostat was capable to follow basic heating and cooling instructions! This brand new, space age thermostat, on the other hand, does nothing for me. Every day it seems to improvise a new temperature control program without any instruction to do so. It’s like this thing has a penchant for turning the heating and cooling systems on and off as often as possible. One moment there’s hot air coming out of the vents, the next moment it’s cool air. Rarely is the indoor air temperature consistent, and I’ve never noticed a logical temperature control plan thanks to the brilliant thermostat. I’m just saying, our AC and furnace both running over the course of one day can’t possibly be considered smart.

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Moisture in lower level stinks something awful on long weekends

Who would have thought that it would only take a few days of inactivity for our whole house to accumulate a wide range of stinking smells. I know it’s an older place, but there are some deep rooted odors contained in those walls, and I don’t know if we’ll ever be able to remove them entirely. The top floor smells like mothballs every few weeks. The kitchen has lingering smells of onions and spicy curries. But the worst is the living room on the lowest level of the house, which wreaks of mold and mildew every time we’re gone for a few days. It only takes about 3 days of absence for the entire lower level of our house to be stinking something terrible. The indoor air becomes damp and thick with the stench of blossoming mold. It’s as though the smell emerges from every wall, as if the indoor air pollutants are actually sealed right into the drywall. I certainly understand that in-ground spaces tend to be cool and damp year round, and this easily leads to mold and mildew growth over time. I also understand that running the AC and a dehumidifier will greatly reduce the amount of airborne mold contamination and surface growth; however, it makes no sense for us to power the entire central cooling system when we leave for a long weekend trip. That’s why we’re currently working on installing a small AC unit for the downstairs area, complete with a separate dehumidifying unit. We are putting the systems on a remote switch, so it’s possible to turn the new air quality handling equipment from anywhere, including wherever we go on quick trips out of town.

 

 

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