subject: How To Do Heating And Ventilating By Yourself At Home [print this page] How To Do Heating And Ventilating By Yourself At Home
Village life provides peaceful existence away from strains, but it is necessary to be prepared for lengthy power cuts. In olden days people used boiler, oil, gas furnace as fuels in houses. Keeping the house warm is an essential task in countries where the weather is chill to keep ourselves comfortable. The most popular thing to heat a room is wood stove and the fireplace; the later introduced gas fireplace eliminated wood stoves. In many homes they started using heater and an air pump, heat comes from a fireplace or from electrical heating system is a great idea. So it is essential to be familiar with some basic repairs and maintenance, so that we can solve problems by our self quickly. During power outage the heaters will become very cold, so that we can warm up with other devices by handling it carefully. Once the power is cut, first we should switch off all the devices, so that we can avoid fires and fuses when the power comes suddenly. While going to bed plug all the connections like TV, computers and music instruments. Keep the candles and torch in the place were you can find easily when the lights out. Some of the best tips to make heat at home while power cut:
To keep home in warm condition, close all the windows and doors. So that no fod could come in.
Use heavy curtains to block the cold wind without coming inside, close the windows without any gaps.
In the bottom of the door flush with the carpet to avoid more chillness.
Insulate the walls and loft with batts, so that the heat will not go out.
Chimney can be used to make warm in home during power cut by keeping the flame lightly.
At the bottom of the house use crawl space to provide heat, which is insulated with polystyrene. Before using, check the pipes whether it is insulated correctly and also check it is wrapped with tape
Ventilating home: The indoor ventilation should be more in our home to increase the out door air coming in. Number of mechanical ventilation are such as exhaust fan, air handling system which will filter indoor air and release pure air from outside. The outdoor air replaces the indoor air is called as air exchange rate. In air ventilation and mechanical ventilation the air exchange rate is low and pollutant is high. There are two ventilation systems: roof cavity heat transfer ventilation and heat recovery system. Tips to be followed to keep a ventilating home:
Keep the doors and windows opened is the simplest and cheapest way to ventilate the home.
Design the interior and exterior house openings.
Place the plants in the wall, gives cool air which carries plant moisture.
Make a part of roof on the outside of the building
Plant many trees nearby the house, so the wind blows towards the trees and plants will give cool air
