When looking for a home ventilation solution, it’s hard to know what to choose. There are two main types of ventilation, each with their unique features:
Balanced Pressure Ventilation with Heat Recovery
This type of ventilation removes stale, moisture-laden air from your home and replaces it with filtered, fresh air from outside.
The beauty of this style of ventilation is that it recovers most of the heat energy from the air going out, and transfers it to the air coming in.
That means you don’t lose all of the heating (or cooling) that you have already created inside your home, saving you money.
Plus, it dries out your home, making it easier to heat, which means energy savings, and prolonging the life of your curtains, carpets, furniture, and clothings.
The Ventilation Company is proud to only supply Balanced Pressure Ventilation with Heat Recovery.
Positive Pressure Ventilation
Positive pressure ventilation takes air from outside the home envelope, most commonly from the roof space, passes it through a filter, and pushes it into the home.
As this happens, the air inside your home is pushed out through any gaps, taking the moisture in that air with it. But it also takes the heating or cooling energy with it, and is replaced with air that needs to be either heated or cooled.
Given that newer homes are far more airtight than older homes, this may not be the optimal solution.
Heat Transfer Ventilation
As the name suggests, it takes heat energy from your main heating source and transfers it around your home.
Preferably, a fireplace would be your heat source, as it can provide a much hotter temperature than a standard heat pump.
Bathroom Ventilation
Getting wet bathroom air out of your home fast is key to maintaining a healthy home environment. Not only does bathroom ventilation help to remove the steam build-up, it also helps to keep items like towels and mats drier when the bathroom isn’t being used.