John Tooley said, “Air is like crooked rivers, crooked people, teenagers, and cheap labor. It always seeks the path of least resistance.” He didn’t say that Angry air is Noisy air. Air doesn’t like being forced through corrugated, flexible ducting, pushed around corners, and made to force open dampers. It resists being made to perform in a way that it doesn’t want to. It takes … Continue reading Angry Air!
And when at last it gets to the termination fitting, it is compelled to make one last turn while pushing open the damper and then exit to freedom! Continue reading What do you know about your house’s nose?
Allison Bailes started this discussion on his Energy Vanguard site. (Go to http://bit.ly/LRL43Q) I was going to respond there, but there wasn’t enough room. I used to build sophisticated controls that would do all sorts of wonderful things, but they got complicated and expensive. You can feel the heat from a heating system. You can feel the coolth from the air conditioning system. You can … Continue reading Should a homeowner have control of the ventilation system?
