simple ventilation of all rooms of house
hello,
i am wondering what thoughts are here,
my oma and opa used to have a house in which every room had an two openings, one in the wall at the floor and, one in the all at the ceiling, each were about 6″x16″.
the openings in the ceiling had a window that could be hinged open or shut, the openings at the floor were always open….is this a good way of circulating air throughout the house….there house always seemed fresh and never dank or stale….
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Theses opening you describe are what is now fairly close to a HRV or ERV
Where did they live? I'm guessing southerly....
Could be, but we're running 72% rh and 74º tonight outside. Cooling that air 5º to our inside temp, which is currently at 57% rh, isn't something I'd want to bring in.
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they lived in the okanagan,
canadas soft fruit belt, vineyard area, lakes and beaches and deserts, very dry and hot
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In the days before air conditioners all types of things where tried to get cooler outside air to force hot stale indoor air out. There was a reason for the older buildings having taller cielings and tall windows that opened at the top. There was no other way to get air to move before the advent of electric air circulation and air conditioning.
Those vents were in the ceiling probably to let the kerosene or candle fumes (from the old-fashioned lights) to escape. Or gas fumes in the city. (In Victorian British houses the ceilings were painted black to hide the soot) If leaving doors open is not a good scheme for cross-ventilation, the having louvres or grilles over the top of them might work. If you can factor in some way for hot air to escape the roof - opening skylights, clerestory, or cupola - then that'll allow natural air movement. Caution, if you introduce air from the basement or crawl space beware of 'scare-du-jour' radon gas, and of insulation filaments wafting thru the house. Other than contravening any building codes, it seems another way to do things.
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