5 Ways to keep your house well ventilated

Sometimes, opening a window might not be an option for ventilating your home, like when it’s too humid or cold outside. Fortunately, you have a plethora of other options to refresh the air in your home and improve the overall air quality. To start with, here are 5 ways to keep your house well ventilated!

5 Ways to keep your house well ventilated
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Open your interior doors

You could always open most of your interior doors — except closet and pantry doors. Opening interior doors lets the air circulate from room to room. If you have a door with a screen, this is another way to allow outside air to circulate into your home.

Turn on Portable Fans or Ceiling Fans
Turn a ceiling fan on at medium or high speed when you’re in a room with one in it. Ceiling fans are powerful and they’re great at circulating air throughout the room. They can also push stale air out. If you don’t have a ceiling fan, use a floor or table fan to circulate air in select rooms, since they have a similar effect.

Alternatively, you can use box fans around windows or entryways. These are great at pushing fumes away. However, these are not for everyday usage.

Use Exhaust Fans
Exhaust fans — like the fan found under the range hood in your kitchen — help circulate the air in specific areas by sucking out hot and humid air, pushing it outside through a duct system, and replacing that air with air from somewhere else. Some exhaust fans may take air from a vent or a doorway. This is a vital part of ventilation because removing excess moisture combats the growth of mold, mildew, and dust mites.

Use an HVAC System
Of course, your air conditioner can circulate air throughout your home by getting rid of stale air and fumes. You can also use the fan setting for this purpose.

In order to get the most out of your air conditioner, you’ll want to regularly maintenance your HVAC system. Besides checking, cleaning and changing filters, you must schedule regular tune-ups and preventive check-ups with a qualified HVAC company. If you’re in Florida, check out this qualified air conditioning service in your area.

Use an Air Exchanger
Whether opening a window is an option or not, a good air exchanger can help you improve the air quality in your home. Air exchangers are ventilation systems that work by replacing the air inside with outside air. They can work in conjunction with your HVAC system, which does not pull in outside air.

One type of air exchanger is called a heat recovery ventilator (HRV), which transfers the heat from inside air to incoming air or vice-versa, to maintain the temperature in your home. An energy recovery ventilator (ERV) transfers the humidity from outgoing air to incoming air or vice-versa to maintain the humidity level in your home. The latter is a vital system for humid environments, like those found in Florida.

If you cannot open your windows, you still have a few great options for making sure that your house is well-ventilated. Whether you turn on fans or invest in an air exchanger, all of these methods have a significant effect on improving your home’s air quality, and your family’s comfort.

If you have any ideas in addition to our 5 Ways to keep your house well ventilated, please leave them in the comments below!

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