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How can I insulate kitchen vent to prevent cold air blowing through all the time?
Building code requires my kitchen to have a 15cmx15cm vent (besides the kitchen cook-top vent). This vent is basically a hole in the wall that reaches to the outside. The vent has grating on both ...
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Is it alright for an exhaust fan to vent into the loft? [duplicate]
I live in a rented property, when I moved in a new bathroom suite had been installed.
We however have had chronic condensation problems in the property.
when going into the loftspace I could not ...
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How can I add ventilation to my basement office?
I have a finished basement with an office, guest bedroom and bathroom. All about 700 sq ft.
I work 12+ hours in the office and really need to get some fresh air circulating by extracting stale air. ...
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Will combining roof venting systems cause short cycling?
I'm looking into buying a new house here in Wisconsin that has soffit vents, ridge vents and some additional static roof vents installed. However, when the home inspector came through he said that ...
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Can I move my furnace room ventilation intake closer to my furnace?
I live in a 3 story townhouse with a garage in the basement. Off the side of the garage is our furnace room. The ventilation and exhaust for the furnace goes to the roof. For ventilation (air coming ...
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Is this gas range ventilation setup dangerous?
I recently moved in to a new apartment that has a gas range and oven. I have never had a gas stove before, and so I am not sure how it should work.
While cooking the other night, our Carbon Monoxide ...
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Can I vent a bathroom fan through the eaves?
I want to fit a fan in our bathroom. The easiest way to do this seems to be to drill down from the loft and put it in directly above the shower. I'm then considering running the vent (flex pipe) ...
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Do attic vents or rafter baffles need to be as wide as the rafter bay?
What happens if the attic vents or rafter baffles don't cover the entire opening between the rafters and one or two inches of wood is left exposed?
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How can I unclog a passive bathroom air vent?
I live in a prewar apartment building. At the top of the shower, on the wall where the water comes in, is a passive vent. There is no powered fan that is installed and no nearby electrical wiring to ...
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Venting the attic space during summer to cool the house
The air in my attic gets superheated during summer, from the sun baking the (clay? terracotta?) roof tiles (I live in Sydney, Australia).
I have good ceiling insulation, and even put in some sarking ...
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Is continuous exhaust from basement level closet a good idea?
I have a recurring problem with mold in the closet of a basement level bedroom. After considering various options, I'm currently contemplating installing some sort of a low powered continuous exhaust ...
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Duct and fan requirements for stove hood
I have a commercial range, 36x24" on which I do things like stirfrying for 30 people using a 24" wok. Our hood which advertises 900CFM is performing poorly. It uses a 6" duct which has to run up 3' ...
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Is there a better solution than a lint trap for venting a clothes dryer indoors?
My condo association does not allow installing a dryer vent to outdoors, so I am forced to vent my dryer into a lint trap. Unfortunately the trap I have does not catch all the dust, and the rooms ...
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How can I stop interior doors from opening when exterior doors are opened?
In our church every time someone comes into the building through the main entrance, the interior main sanctuary doors come open and make it possible to hear noise from the hallway. Is there some ...
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How to remedy noisy air ducts?
I have forced air extraction with a duct running through one classroom then a second. The classroom which is ducted closer to the fan receives much greater air flow through its vents.
To combat ...
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Can I adjust my blinds for both ventilation and privacy?
I like fresh air so I usually open the window a little and keep the blinds to the angle that I think nobody can see me from outside.
Today I feel very upset because I found out everybody can see me ...
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Is it legal in a multi-unit building to draw air for ventilation from the attic? [closed]
I live (own) in a condo and the tenants above me are smokers and their cigarette smoke is encroaching in my living space. I contacted the landlord and HOA numerous times and nothing has been done to ...
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How do I maintain air quality in a newly finished basement of a 1925 home with no ductwork?
I just bought a house built in 1925 but it has just been professionally renovated, including finishing the basement as living space. The home has a boiler for radiator and baseboard heat. There is no ...
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Can you have different types of vents on a single roof?
The attic of my house has serious ventilation issue and the sheathing becomes rotten. The roofing contractor suggests me to replace the rotten sheathing and install some ridge vent. His plan will ...
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What are the pros and cons of a vented vs unvented crawl space?
I find it very confusing to read and hear conflicting advice on crawl space: vent vs air seal, different ways to do insulation, vapor barriers vs not, etc.
Mine currently has some moisture and has ...
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I have no furnace, only electric blowing heaters. How do I get ventilation?
I have a 100 years old building with a store on the main floor. Since the building was built over 100 years old there is no ducting whatsoever. There is also no furnace. In the summer we just hook ...
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Can a HVAC solve my ventilation problem?
I have a problem with my house such that with all my windows and doors closed the house smells and the air feels stale. I'm thinking of purchasing a high efficiency HVAC to vent the stale air out and ...
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How do I install a vent above a closet door?
I located some home theater gear in a closet directly behind our family room where the TV is located. Now the closet, a sizeable walk-in, is getting rather warm.
How do I install a simple vent above ...
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Does it do any good to use fiberglass insulation if you're not going to drywall?
My attached garage is not insulated. When I look up, I see the roof sheathing.
I was thinking of adding insulation to the garage. The problem is there is no attic space, so I shouldn't drywall it ...
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How do I properly ventilate my pantry?
I live in a very old appartment which has a food pantry in the kitchen. The pantry has a wall outside and on that wall is a hole.
What do I have to put in that hole in order to match with the pantry ...
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How can I re-use a hole in wall for ventilation?
I'm renovating my bedroom and found that there's a hole in the wall beneath the wallpaper. It was plugged, but the stuff in it was old and crappy, so I took it out. Now I've got a 20x20cm (~7.9x7.9in) ...
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Should I install an exhaust fan in a new garage?
I'm having a new garage built in my home and I'm wondering if it's a good idea to have some sort of ventilation/exhaust/fan system installed while they're at it? I'm thinking of doing some spray ...
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How can I fix this moisture problem to stop mold growing?
Background and The Problem
I am trying to solve the problem of mold growing on my bedroom ceiling. The house is a California Bulgalow built in about 1940. The house is single-brick with plaster ...
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Are new “low noise” whole house fans actually quieter?
I've dealt with a number of older whole house fans (10 years and older) and the one thing they all had in common was a ton of noise.
Are the new "low noise" fans actually that much quieter than the ...
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Should a bathroom fan vent to a separate duct system?
Is it acceptable to route a bathroom exhaust fan to the return of a central air system? I'm afraid this will cause mold to grow in the air return ducts. There is currently a fan in our bathroom and ...
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With mechanical room ventilation is it necessary to have air supply in addition to extraction?
We are building three sound insulated classrooms which will be fairly well sealed. There will be no open windows so we're to use mechanical ventilation. I live in a warm country so heating isn't a ...
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How do I balance air outlet/inlet valves without an airflow meter?
As my local hire shops (UK) don’t stock airflow meters, I am trying to find another way to balance our newly installed MVHR (mechanical ventilation heat recovery) system.
Firstly I need to set the ...
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Are plastic ridge vents better than aluminum ones? [closed]
Are plastic ridge vents better than aluminum ones, and if so, why?
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How can I improve air flow in my basement?
I have a pretty odd two floor duplex apartment with one of the rooms practically being a basement. I have previously had problems with mold, and in general the air isn't great in the basement. So I ...
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Why does my dryer duct have such a long vertical portion?
My dryer duct follows this path:
Flex duct leaving the dryer
Four feet of vertical rigid steel duct down into crawlspace
Eight feet of horizontal rigid steel duct, immediately below the floor
Outlet ...
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How can I catch more lint in my dryer?
In the 3 story townhouse I'm currently in, the contractor originally built the (stackable) dryer vent to go straight up from it's location (top floor), then when it gets above the ceiling, it angles ...
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How should I attach laminate foil dryer transition duct?
I've got a laminate foil dryer duct coming up from the crawlspace. I need to attach my dryer transition duct to the exhaust duct, but these really don't like to go inside one another since they're ...
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How can I drill through rim joist/sheathing for a dryer vent?
I want to vent dryer through the rim joist of this home but it looks like this home has some sort of stone sheathing underneath the cedar shake. I can only see it from the basement. I can't really ...
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Should I drill a large hole through a double paned window?
I have a laundry room in the basement. There is no exhaust vent for the dryer. Currently we just open the window when drying, but this is not the greatest solution. There is a window and it is ...
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How to avoid water build-up in bathroom's passive ventilation shaft?
Our apartment building is 23 years old, and the bathroom has passive ventilation: basically there's a hole in the wall just under the ceiling, where warm moist air slowly escapes. It usually has a ...
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Is Kitchen cooktop venting required?
I'm replacing an electric cooktop with downdraft ventilation. Does building code require that I keep this ventilation, or can it be removed?
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Should the flue always be open in a gas fireplace?
I have a victorian fireplace with a modern gas fire installed. The fire place has a hatch at the top to open/close the chimney, which the fitters have connected to a wire to force it to be fully open ...
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What are my options for venting a bathroom exhaust fan?
I would like to install a fan in our bathroom which currently has none. However, I'm very confused regarding the best approach for this.
Above the bathroom is an attic space. I have read that ...
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Why not put a vent that pushes air from the attic into house?
I have this idea, and since it seems logical to me, but I don't see it anywhere I suspect I am missing something.. so here it is:
Why not put a vent that pushes air from the attic into house?
At ...
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How do I use an air speed meter to measure air flow volume?
I can buy a Vane Anemometer cheaply but a Air Flow meter (with a cone) costs a lot more.
Can I just make my own cone?
What issues should I expect if I add a cone to a Vane Anemometer?
How do I ...
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Do I need soffit vents when I have 2 gable vents and 5 normal peak vents?
We are in southeast Idaho, have a plain simple gable roof on a 1,050 square foot floor house; the roof's pitch is not great, probably 3 or 4/12 but normal for our area.
We have 1 vent at each gable ...
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Is it better to vent a bathroom fan out the soffit, the side of the house, or the roof?
Working on a friend's house, we're installing a bathroom fan. He had planned to vent the fan out the closest soffit, which is only a few feet away. I'm trying to persuade him to vent it out the roof ...
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How do I remove mold and mildew from subfloor of a house with crawl space? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Mold remediation in crawlspace
House with crawl space has mold and mildew on the sub-floor. I've determined the cause is no vapor barrier and a leaky pipe and there is ...
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Would running a band saw or cnc machine in my basement be safe?
I'd like to get a band saw and drill press but I don't have room in my garage so I'd like to put it in my basement. The problem is I don't have any ventilation to remove sawdust so would having it in ...
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What is the process for draft proofing windows
I need to try to prevent drafts coming through and around my double glazed window units as much as possible. How can I go about detecting and sealing any leaks that are letting air through the window? ...
