Top 8 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality! Humidity, Range Hoods, Makeup Air, HRVs, & ERVs Explained!

HUMIDITY

RANGE HOODS

MAKEUP AIR

AIR TREATMENT & FILTRATION

BATHROOM VENTILATION

CRAWL SPACE

LAUNDRY

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In this video we discuss home air quality and the available options for how to improve filtration & ventilation while eliminating sources of pollution and saving energy. There are so many factors for a topic like this so please let me know your top tips in the comments!

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Blessings,

Ben

[BenjaminSahlstrom]

You know what's funny? No one comments on the "funny" things I put in my videos like the KFC glove thing... 🤣🤣🤣

[paulbaker]

Thanks for the thorough video. You got me thinking again about the air quality of this desert house. It’s not optimal. I seal it up tight all day with the A/C on. And I can smell the crawlspace. It really needs a energy recovery ventilator. But I got a alternative idea: a buried tube in the ground that lets in precooled air from the outside which then goes through a one way vent into the attic and up through a chimney. The entire house would act like a chimney and draw cooled air in. It would need to be gentle so it does not vent out all the air conditioned air and waste too much energy. Maybe a ERV would not waste as much energy but I’m tired of buying stuff. Another advantage of my idea is the attic is too hot and needs cooling. Pretty cool huh.

[John-mjjn]

I highly recommend getting a co2 monitor. I purchased a Temtop air quality monitor and discovered my home's co2 levels frquently spike after someone showers. After some troubleshooting, I discovered the water heater back drafts whenever the hvac blower is running. It has been this way for years and I never realized it! The Temptop model displays a graph of co2 over time making those spikes really standout.

[ajfreeze]

Nice video! I watched your long radiant floor install video—in one sitting (getting ready to put a rinnai boiler and separate tankless in—it’s a long story ). I just put in a heat pump water heater—cools the basement nicely in the summer. I’m going to pipe it into my HRV exhaust side for the winter . Thanks for the helpful content. I’m thinking of upgrading the controls for my HRV or maybe I’ll just plop a new one in—much more intuitive controls. Mine seems to have a mind of its own.

[EK--rylr]

The amount of make up air needed for running high cfm range hoods is significant. Matt Risinger did a great video just for this on the size needed vs motorized etc. Great video really have learned alot from you over the years. I'm getting close to finishing my house and plan on trying to incorporate several of these.

[QuinnTheVegan]

This has been incredibly helpful.

I am an HVAC apprentice on Vancouver Island and this helps both my house (and the people & animals within) as well as my career & customers. Thank you Benjamin

[JCWise-sfww]

Thank you Ben for this very informative and helpful tips video, on improving air quality in the home. Our HVAC has the 15 mins/hr fan Circulate mode and we keep it on 24/7. My wife and Son don't like running our bathroom fans because they are too noisy, I always run the fan when I'm using 1 of 2 bathrooms. Our stove is a Jenair with the exhaust between the elect burners.

[petebovenzi]

I haven’t looked you up ina awhile. Your growth is astounding. Good video.

[ethanmye-rs]

In Colorado (and Utah, Nevada, New Mexico etc) many people use swamp coolers for AC. This has the effect of blowing huge amounts of air through the house, dramatically reducing the indoor co2 levels. It’s really nice, low cost option for AC in dry climates

[konstantinusstoyanov]

Your spouse is very intertaining / humor

[Garth]

Nice family there Benjamin...lucky you two.

[pdk]

Man your content has only gotten better. Everything is explained so well. Thank you for another great video.

[brianfuller]

Back drafting off line? Position the ductwork higher than the outlet!
All venting, ( clothes drier, bath and kitchen vents) used to do this till I redesigned my ductwork!
Remember, cold air sinks, warm air rises.

[salvadorsepulveda]

Your channel is very educational, thank you for all the information.

[georged.sutcliffejr.]

Great job! You cover the various topics well.

[NIAtoolkit]

The makeup air system through the HRV is a genius idea. You also get to temper the incoming air before distributing into the HVAC system

[joeshmoe]

15:35 overpower the exchanger, to install merv 13 filter. I target 800 ppm co2.

[gracenelson]

Cool video, this was really interesting!

[googacct]

Have you looked into any smart home automation? I have recently started using Home Assistant, which is open source and can be run locally. So you do not have rely on cloud services that may discontinue service at the drop of hat or sell your personal information. With some kind of whole house automation, you have a lot more control over temperature, humidity, air quality monitoring, power usage etc, For the winter, I just added some temperature sensors to afew places in my house where I have had problems with pipes freezing in the past. I can have the automation give me a warning if temperatures are getting close to freezing in those locations.

[KALI]

you should do a video on that New Holland skid steer at 8:20.