Home ventilation / heating systems
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Topic: Home ventilation / heating systems
Posted By: Mumandloveit
Subject: Home ventilation / heating systems
Date Posted: 11 May 2008 at 12:16am
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Hi all
My eldest Bianca has just been diagnosed with Asthma (she is 3 in July). It seems that one of the triggers is cold air and given that the weather is cooling down of late she has begun coughing at night. For the past two nights we have put the heater on overnight in the hallway outside her room and that seems to have helped as she has now had 2 uninterupted nights sleep after about a week of waking 2 or 3 times a night coughing. As a result of this we are looking at getting a home ventilation system perhaps DVS or HRV and was wondering if anyone has any ideas on what is the best system to get and how much they have helped the asthma sufferers in your home. Anything to help my baby sleep better as it sure makes for a happier girl. |
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 11 May 2008 at 1:18am
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We have an HRV and love it - although I do not have anyone in the house with Asthma so can't comment on that. However they did tell us it help alot with allergy sufferers. It takes away alot of the dampness and makes it warmer (although can still get cold at night) ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 11 May 2008 at 8:49am
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I agree with AnnC, we love our HRV as well. It does seem to make the house drier and heats the house as long as the roof cavity temp is higher than the house temp which is most of the time except really cold winter days and winter nights. But with the house being drier it is alot easier to heat with the heat pump.
Oh, we don't have any allergy/asthma in our house either ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 11 May 2008 at 1:26pm
| Yep, I agree with Linzy house is heaps easier to heat without the dampness and no condensation is great as well. My DP has asthma and he seems to have been pretty good lately. I still seem to get my dust mite allergies but don't think it is as bad. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 11 May 2008 at 6:01pm
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Yep reducing dampness is the key! Its much harder to heat wet air! The worst thing for asthma is gas heaters cos they produce 1 litre of water an hour! Un-less u want to simultaneuously run a dehymidifier, with will cost more cos u then running 2 appliances, then its not effiencent at all.
A fire place or heat pump are much better. Also installing extractor fans in kitchen, bathroom and a rangehood over the stove will reduce condensation and air moisture. |
Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 12 May 2008 at 3:57pm
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We run a Mitsubishi dehymidifer which is very cost effective.
I have installed a heat pump in our Christchurch rental....the tenants have commented that it is fantastic! I was very surprised at the cost to install...all up was 3.5K considering when I lived there a few years ago it was 6K+! |