Understanding Ventilation: How to Design, Select, and Install Residential Ventilation Systems - Hardcover

Bower, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0963715658 ISBN 13: 9780963715654

Publisher: Healthy House Inst, 1995

Synopsis

At last...a book that takes all the mystery out of ventilation! Understanding Ventilation is the only book that covers all aspects of exchanging the air in houses: infiltration, equipment selection, design, heat-recovery ventilators, sizing, costs, controls, whole-house filters, distribution, and possible problems that a ventilation system can cause--all in easy-to-understand language.

About this title

From the Publisher

It's rare when a publisher has a volume on a topic that virtually no other book has covered in any depth before. But that's the case with Understanding Ventilation by John Bower. Here's information applicable to every home, presented for the first time for anyone--homeowner or professional--interested in the subject. With comprehensive explanations, photographs, charts, graphs, lists, and drawings; readers will truly come away an understanding of all aspects of this critical--but previously neglected--subject. From basic discussions of how air can (or cannot) enter or leave a house, to the steps required for determining system cost. Everything having to do with ventilation is covered.

From the Back Cover

In recent years, many ways have been developed to ventilate houses--from simple, low-cost methods to high-tech, complex systems. Because there is so much misinformation about all these "correct" approaches, it is easy to become confused. This is unfortunate because understanding ventilation is not difficult--if you have the right information. Understanding Ventilation explains all aspects of the subject, and does so in readable, easy-to-understand language. With this book as your guide, you will learn: What natural ventilation is and why it is often inadequate. What simple laws of physics apply to ventilation systems. How a fireplace or a clothes dryer can ventilate (accidentally) or even kill the occupants. How a kitchen range hood can cause radon to enter a house from the surrounding soil. How an incorrectly designed ventilation system might cause serious moisture problems. Why tight houses are actually part of the solution to clean indoor air. What strategies are better than air filters at maintaining clean air. Why heat-recovery ventilators aren't always cost-effective. For a healthy and comfortable indoor environment, a house needs a ventilation system specifically designed to bring in fresh air and, at the same time, remove stale, moisture-laden, and polluted air. Today, most houses--new and old--don't have such a system. Instead, they get fresh air occasionally and haphazardly. Architects, builders, and homeowners alike are realizing that this "ventilation-by-chance" just isn't enough. To learn how to ventilate houses correctly, you will find Understanding Ventilation an indispensable resource.

Edition details

• Publisher: Healthy House Inst
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0963715658
• ISBN 13: 9780963715654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 428