Mechanical ventilation: the solution to your humidity problem?
Ventilation is the process of removing polluted air and bringing in fresh, clean air. This is vital to prevent various long-term problems. An effective approach for this is to use mechanical ventilation. But what exactly does this entail? In what way does it help combat moisture problems? And how can mechanical ventilation contribute to the fight against corona virus? All your questions are answered in this article.
Why is good ventilation important?
The average Fleming spends most of his or her time indoors. Nevertheless, we note that indoor air quality is often considerably less than outdoors. This is often true for basements, where ventilation tends to be generally challenging. This brings all kinds of negative consequences:
So thoroughly ventilating your home has only advantages.
What is the difference between natural and mechanical ventilation?
As already stated, through ventilation, you remove polluted air and bring in fresh, clean air. With natural ventilation, this supply and removal occurs naturally. Grids embedded in the walls allow polluted air out while fresh air comes in through another grid. Or you open a window. That too is ventilation.
Yet natural ventilation is not always a good idea. Especially in well-insulated houses, this can be difficult, as everything was done there to keep the warm air in. Also, many people leave the ventilation closed in winter to keep the cold air out. At that point there is no longer even any ventilation.
There is also a big disadvantage to natural ventilation: you cannot (or at least very difficult) control the supply and extraction of air, in winter cold air enters the building, causing your energy bill to skyrocket.
With mechanical ventilation, these tricky points fall away and you can control the air extraction and/or supply in a partially or fully mechanical way. Three different combinations are possible.
The different types of mechanical ventilation
Mechanical ventilation systems are divided into types from A to D. Ventilation system type A is natural ventilation, so we won't expand on that. Ventilation system type B is mechanical ventilation, but this form is rarely used in homes. We take a quick look at the details of ventilation systems type C and D.
Ventilation system type C(+)
Mechanical ventilation often refers to ventilation system C. This system is partly mechanical: the supply of air is natural, but its removal is mechanical. Two types can be distinguished in this:
Type D ventilation system
Type D mechanical ventilation goes one step further. Here, both supply and exhaust are fully mechanical. Several additional options exist, such as choosing a heat exchanger to save more energy. There is also the option of filtering for pollen and dust, which is especially beneficial for people with allergies.
With this type of mechanical ventilation, also known as balanced ventilation, the supply and return of air remains constantly balanced.
Which mechanical ventilation system is the best choice?
Now that you know the difference between mechanical ventilation type C and type D, we briefly list the pros and cons.
Both mechanical ventilation systems help against moisture problems anyway. If you ventilate properly, condensation moisture does not get a chance. It only benefits your health.
We take on viruses
You can also have something else built into the balanced ventilation: the GPS-FC24-AC, a ionisation system. Such an ionisation system sends electrons into the air that cling to particulate matter, pollen, as well as pathogens such as those from coronavirus. After a 60-minute exposure, covid-19 particles had decreased by as much as 90%.
This is one of the products officially approved by the Federal Public Health Service To be useful in the fight against coronavirus. Is the product not on that list? Then it is prohibited from being sold in Belgium.
Need mechanical ventilation?
Do you suffer from damp walls? Perhaps mechanical ventilation could be the solution to your problem. Request a free moisture expert assessment now and we will help you find the best solution.
More information and brochure request
Answer the questions below and get more information and our brochure based on them. Would you like the cost price calculated? Then indicate this clearly in the text field below and we will do the necessary.
