Whole House Fan Blog
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Winter Effects of an Unvented Attic Vs. Vented Attic
If you’ve ever been in an unventilated attic during the summer, you know how hot and humid it can get. This trapped air can wreak havoc during the summer, causing mold and mildew, rot, and structural damage.
While you may not know it, an unvented attic during the winter faces its own problems. Below, we’ll go over some of the effects of an unvented vs. vented attic during the winter, and what you can do to ensure your attic stays ventilated year-round.
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What to Know About Whole House Fan Winterized Inserts
Whole house fans are a low-cost, energy-efficient way to cool and ventilate your home. They’re also the best and most effective way to ventilate your home. By supplementing or replacing your air conditioner use with a whole house fan, you can drastically reduce your energy consumption and save tons of money on your energy bill during the summer.
But what about during the winter? Will heat from your home leach out and drive your heating bill up? That’s why winterized inserts for whole house fans were invented. Let’s dive into these helpful and money-saving whole house fan accessories.
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Passive Vs. Active Attic Ventilation
All homeowners should know the importance of a well-ventilated attic. If you spend some time and money to ensure your attic is ventilated, then besides checking on it now and again, you won’t have to worry about it much.
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What is the Best Way to Ventilate a Garage?
Every veteran homeowner knows that garage ventilation is crucial. Poorly ventilated garages can cause a wide variety of problems.
An unventilated garage can damage your health, your equipment, or supplies, cost you thousands in repairs and leave you feeling hot and uncomfortable during the summer.
To prevent these problems, you need to invest a little time into ventilating your garage. Luckily, there are many ways to ventilate; however, some options are better than others. If you’ve got a sealed, unventilated garage, read this article to learn the best way to ventilate your garage.
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How a Cooling Fan Can Improve Your Garage Workshop Experience
Your garage is not just a secure spot to park your vehicles — it’s a multipurpose space where you can store equipment and tools, too. It could even become a workshop if you’re into DIY projects or customizing -
How to Improve Indoor Air Quality in the Fall
One of the nicest things about the late summer and the turn of the season is getting to enjoy the pleasant weather and cool breezes. If you’re like many people, you can open up your windows and let the outside air circulate through the home, keeping you cool and improving the indoor air quality.
However, once temperatures start to cool down in the fall, it can become too cold to keep your windows open all day. When that happens, indoor air quality starts to suffer. Below, we go over some ways to improve indoor air quality in the fall.
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Types of Roof-Mounted Whole House Fans
Whole house fans are becoming a more popular option to cool and ventilate the home. They’re more sustainable, energy-efficient, and can save you big on your utility bill. In the face of rising energy prices and climate change, whole house fans have become a no-brainer.
Plus, to effectively use a whole house fan, you don’t need to ditch the AC. They work great as a supplement to air conditioning on days when AC isn’t necessary. And unlike AC, whole house fans can benefit you year-round.
Whole house fans are great, but where do you install them? Below, we’ll explain how roof-mounted whole house fans work and go over the options available to you.
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Do Solar Attic Fans Work on Cloudy Days?
So you’re considering a solar attic fan for your home. You recognize the potential to save money and reduce your carbon footprint while keeping your attic cool and dry with a solar attic fan.
However, maybe during the summer you get lots of cloudy days or you simply don’t want a fan that won’t operate during the day when you want it to. When considering purchasing a solar attic fan, it’s normal to wonder if they’ll be able to operate when it’s cloudy outside. While this depends on a whole lot of factors, the simple answer is yes (or rather, it should work when it’s cloudy outside). And if a solar attic fan won’t operate in a lot of shade, there are some steps you can take to ensure it will.
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How Do I Vent a Garage With No Windows?
If you have a garage without windows, you may struggle to keep it properly ventilated. As you well know, an unventilated garage can be hot, humid, and full of air pollution.
Luckily, venting a windowless garage isn’t too hard, and you’ve got a number of options available to you, each of which we’ll explain below.
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Troubleshooting Common Home Attic Fan Problems
Attic temperatures can get extremely hot in the summer, often rising to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. You might think that this is not a big deal if you don’t go up there anyway, but actually, this extreme heat can make your air-conditioning system work harder to cool your home -
How to Choose the Right Whole House Fan
Every day, more and more people are taking steps towards cooler, healthier, and more energy-efficient homes with whole house fans. In an ever-warming world with energy prices that never stop climbing, many of us can’t afford to run expensive air conditioning 24/7. Plus, with windows closed and houses sealed, indoor air pollution is another factor to consider.
Luckily, whole house fans are a great alternative or supplement to AC. They keep the home cool, pull heat out of the structure of the home, and exhaust trapped air.
So you’re thinking about upgrading to a whole house fan? Congratulations. Before you jump into a purchase, let’s go over some factors you should consider to choose the perfect whole house fan for your home.
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Attic Ventilation: What New Homeowners Need to Know
Every new homeowner has to deal with a host of new information concerning the maintenance of their home. As every veteran homeowner knows, keeping up a house takes a lot of work and a lot of money, especially if you don’t take the right steps and precautions.
One of the most overlooked aspects for new homeowners is the attic. Especially if you have an unfinished attic, you probably don’t spend much time up there and it can be easy to forget about it. But a neglected attic can cause serious problems in a home including mold, mildew, rot, and roof damage—all because of poor attic ventilation. However, with the right ventilation, you can avoid these problems altogether.
Below, we’ll go over what new homeowners need to know about attic ventilation.
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