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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Awesome, did more digging and it turns out it's an HRV and likely not something I need to be running during the summer months as I don't need more warm air circulating and we keep windows open often enough to naturally exchange the air.

 

New home owner, I assume it is for my air circulation system but unsure how to use it to the best of its abilities. Does More Humid make the house more humid, or should I turn it to that setting when the house is humid to negate it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately with the house layout there isn't a good spot to put a fan at the top of the stairs as it will block the narrow hallway that exists between the bedrooms as well can't put it on the stairs because they are spiral.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah not the most handy person and electrical freaks me out so expecting the higher cost of having a professional do it but luckily where i live (Canada) there are federal programs that offer rebates on things like this if the options we choose are eco friendly so, might be expensive but we should get money back providing we follow the regulations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah I think the split isn't enough for the house, not sure how they withstood the humid temperatures through the summer, especially the kids rooms. Can't see how many BTU's the current system is but probably going to need to upgrade that unit and add more wall units. Unsure what to do about the kids rooms at night though with there doors closed there is no way the cold air will get in and a fan will only push the hot air around. We have a portable AC that looks like a mini-fridge, but my concern is leaving that in room with the toddler as I want to avoid an accident of it falling onto her.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah good point, I didn't think of the consequences of mixing the different air temperatures through the ducts. Ideally I would like to avoid blowing mold all throughout my children's bedrooms.

 

Hey folks,

Apologies if my questions are ignorant, first time home owner and don't know much about these things. I am looking to find out if my idea is possible or suggested. Bought a house last year and noticed the house gets pretty warm in the summer.

We have what looks to be a mini-split system - wall mounted unit that shoots out cold air. There is no central air (not common in this area or when these houses were being built), but we do have an air circulator system.

The wall unit is located at the top corner of the central stairwell but the way our house is laid out, it doesn't do a good job of getting cool air into the upstairs bedrooms or the mid-level main bedroom because it is around the corner of the stairs and then opens up into a much bigger room.

I have noticed that all the rooms (aside from the main bedroom) have an exhaust for the air circulator system. My thought are, is it possible to leverage those ducts and connect the mini split system to it, that way cool air can flow through the air circulator system into the bedroom.

It doesn't really solve the main bedroom issue, for that we might need to add another wall mounted unit directly in the bedroom since summers are humid here and a fan doesn't often cut it.

What do you think?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You really believe Denmark is looking at the Trump's administration approach as something to model itself after? What are the common issues Denmark is facing that match the US response?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Curious, why are strict immigration laws a "dark path"?

 
 

Hey parents! Dad of a 2.5 year old girl and having some struggles with potty training and curious to know if others have experienced this issue and what tricks/tips helped.

We started potty training in January and it was going well, we made it part of her nightly routine to go #1 on the potty before bed and would get a sticker reward (some tracker chart that pampers/huggies offers). She even started to say she wanted to go on the potty during the day and even made a couple #2's, which we were excited for and told her how great it was she did this.

Then suddenly overnight she became incredibly afraid of the potty and is now actively trying to hold it in. We know she needs to go because she strains, yells "No" repeatedly and holds her bum as if she is trying to keep it in. We try to encourage her and tell her it's ok and that she can go in her diaper if she needs to but the act of going #2 seems to really scare her and we are concerned of any side effects of her constantly trying to hold it in.

She seems to go at daycare with no issue (in her diaper, they aren't actively trying to potty train her yet).

I understand people might not know the cause but curious to know if you went through this and what helped your toddler?

 

It's a common elemental theme we see across stories, fantasies, etc. It seems like it is an element that should be part of that pantheon but maybe there is a scientific explanation of why it isn't? Or is it simply, they did not have enough understanding of it at the time those 4 were suggested.