Re: Babies more sensitive? (Heat recovery ventilator idea)

November 17, 2008

Beth, Have you ever heard of a heat recovery ventilator?

They are fancy ventilation devices that you can use to keep fresh air

blowing through your home without freezing to death in the winter or

baking in the summer.

They can make the air in a home much fresher, which is smart for everybody,

not just people with mold issues. I am thinking that one, even a small

one, might help you a lot.

The HRV approach is FAR better than filtration, as long as you clean

the core frequently.. (every couple of weeks)

(its not hard at all, just rinse them out in the bathtub or sink)

If I had a child or an adult with any kind of indoor air sensitivity

issues, I would definitely get one.

if you get one, make sure you install it properly, using ducts that

are easy to clean...

You don't need a big one, even the smaller units accomplish our main

goal which is simply

keeping the air in your home fairly free of any kind of indoor air pollution..

If you have mold issues, you will still need to clean them up, but an

HRV is a good investment in ventilation nomatter what you do or who you are.

Whatever is in your house, its always good to open a window, right,

but you can't do that in the winter without an HRV.

They ventilate using balanced ventilation.. and they warm or cool the

incoming air with an equal amount of the outgoing air..

They recover 60-70% of the energy..

Does that make sense?

Here is a web page that explains them..

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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:23 AM, TheBeth <thebethinator@...> wrote:

> Well, my husbands latest argument, is he says he talked to his aunt

> who is a nurse, and she told him if there was anything going on in the

> house that our first sign would be our daughter getting sick. So my

> symptoms apparently aren't enough. Our daughter does sound congested a

> lot, but otherwise, she seems alert and happy. Any ideas about this, I

> figured she would be more sensitive as well, but I still seem the worst.

> Although most of my symptoms have not been visible ones, the headaches

> have often been very bad, and surely if my daughter had headaches she

> would be a lot fussier, right?

>

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