The Benifits Of Home Ventilation
By Troy Munn, Mon Dec 5th

The purpose of a home ventilation system is to maintain ahealthy living environment by supplying fresh air to your homewhile at the same time removing stale and polluted air. Homeventilation also helps to maintain proper humidity levels of 30to 50 percent.

The air in your home is used many times over, often with freshair entering only when we open doors or windows. As we strive tobuild homes more and more energy efficient, we create anenvironment prone to indoor air quality problems, thereby,reducing the homes ability to breathe and natural air changes donot occur. The reason for the buildup of indoor pollution intoday's homes is a direct result of our efforts to conserveenergy. With insufficient home ventilation, pollutants can buildup and become very concentrated. These pollutants come from manysources and some, such as mold, are more problematic whencombined with high humidity levels, which is another problemassociated with inadequate home ventilation.

When humidity is too high, mold, mildew and rot can becomeserious problems. A mold outbreak can cause thousands of dollarsworth of damage to your home and in some cases can make a homeuninhabitable. Another problem with high humidity is dust mites.Every home has dust mites and they thrive in humid conditions.This is a concern for people who suffer from dust miteallergies.

Low humidity, on the other hand, can cause nose and throatirritation, dry skin, wood can shrink and crack and hardwoodflooring can shrink and become noisy when walked on. Staticelectricity is a symptom of low humidity. Home ventilation isone of the most important things you can manage, in order tomaintain a healthy environment for you and your loved ones.

Heat Recovery Ventilators, Air Exchangers, Kitchen and BathroomExhaust Fans, Attic Ventilation Fans, Dryer Vents and attic andcrawl space vents are all important components of proper homeventilation.

Pet Dander, Pollen, Lead, Dust Mites, Mold Spores, TobaccoSmoke, Household Chemicals, Pesticides, Cleaning Supplies,Paints and Solvents are only some of the common pollutants thatcan build up without adequate home ventilation.

Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and Soot from fuel burningappliances and heating systems can also become a problem withoutproper home ventilation. Proper home ventilation can help reduceallergy and asthma symptoms and help ease other respiratoryailments that burden millions of people.

About the author:Troy Munn is the Webmaster of home-air-care.com where he offersvaluable information and tips on improving the air quality ofyour home. To find more information, to help you reduce allergysymptoms and control indoor pollution visit: Home Air Care