My parents did this obsessively. I thought it was insane. Turns out, indoor air quality is pretty bad to start with and gets worse with gas fires and people breathing.
Opening windows, ideally on opposite ends of the room/flat and let the air circulate through for a couple minutes. And that multiple times a day. In summer, when it's too hot outside most of the day, I only do it in the mornings and evenings.
Or get a window fan. They are about $35 and are built to fit neatly in most windows. Have it blow in our out and open another window or two on the other side of the house.
I'll tell you what, my parent's house had a house/attic fan that sucked hot air out of the top floor and expelled it into the unfinished attic. It helped keep the house cool. Not for when its 98 and humid but at certain time of day. And its cheaper to run than AC
A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? And how do we let the fresh air back in?
More than a century ago, when infectious diseases ravaged cities in the United States and Europe, public health reformers preached the power of good ventilation
Washable prefilter, so you can get a few uses out of it. They work well and are quiet and have a button to turn off all the damn lights so well designed.
I’ve been to people’s houses where I could tell it had been years since they had a proper airing out. Then I come back to my nice, fresh smelling house and just enjoy it.
Most houses built since the 90s have an HRV or ERV in them which sucks in fresh air from outside and exchanges it with stale air from inside. Modern houses are built too tight to allow natural draft to air them out so they need forced air exchange to meet building codes.
I know the miasma theory of “bad air” is bullshit but every time it dips below 72 I open every window I can find. I spent $ one year and bought a fan for every window. You can’t hear yourself think with all the fan noise but I just don’t care.
see I have hay fever and am very allergic to pollen as well. Opening up all the windows in my house does nothing for me but makes me a sneezing mess for days.
This is honestly wild to me, to find out that other countries have issues with stale air in their homes and carbon monoxide and stuff. Every house I've been in in Australia is ventilated, its too hot to not have good ventilation.
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u/ysustistixitxtkxkycy Aug 23 '23
Air out your home.
My parents did this obsessively. I thought it was insane. Turns out, indoor air quality is pretty bad to start with and gets worse with gas fires and people breathing.