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The need for fresh air is essential for maintaining the health of your family.

Problems can be identified by the ......

"Three B's of Ventilation"

BREATHING, refers to people and pets, which consume oxygen and breathe out
carbon dioxide and moisture. Without a supply of re-freshed air, the air quality
will quickly deteriorate.

BURNING, refers to all the fuel- burning appliances such as the furnace, water
heater, fireplace, woodstove, cookstove, and indoor barbecue. All of these
appliances burn up the oxygen in the air reducing the amount available for breathing.
A supply of fresh air is essential.

BLOWING, refers to all of the appliances that blow air out of the home. These are the
bathroom fans, central vacuum, range hood, window fan, indoor barbecue and of course
the clothes dryer.
Some of these fans are strong enough to reverse the flow in a chimney; link a few
together and they will certainly reverse the flow pulling smoke out of a fireplace
or furnace chimney.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas created by burning fuel inefficiently.
It is neither seen nor smelled but is highly toxic and is deadly even in small amounts.

An ENERGYTIGHT home will not have the constant supply of oxygen needed to support
an efficient combustion process.
A Plusaire ventilation system will constantly add the oxygen that is lacking. Few people realize that their fireplace backdrafts but freely admit to that romantic woodsy smell. That woodsy smell turns into a nasty creosote smell in the early hours of the morning.
If you don't have a PLUSAIRE, how does the air get in?
It doesen't and unequal air pressure, stale and/or polluted air results!

The American Medical Association...has stated that with the reduction of fresh air entering a home, increased levels of RADON gas and other known carcinogens have been detected. These pollutants are known to cause serious health problems.

The Consumer Federation of America, cites that indoor air pollution is responsible for up to 50%
of all illness. Estimated costs in medical bills and
lost work time amount to over $100 billion annually.

Some of the more common sources are smoke and
flue gases given off by the fuel burning appliances,
condensation, home cleaning products, paints, glues, human and pet odors, carpets, furniture, paneling,
and particle board, etc.
Each of these pollutants may not be hazardous by
itself but link a few together and you have created a soup of very unhealthy air.
A house that is ENRGY TIGHT aggravates
all of these problems.

Moisture in an ENERGYTIGHT home is also a
major problem because it cannot get out and forms
into condensation and mold.
As condensation it will collect on windows as water
droplets or puddle on the windowsill. If this is not corrected then mold will form and mold is a major
cause of respiratory problems.

The secondary need for good air in a home is simply
to keep it smelling fresh.

The PLUSAIRE ventilation system works 24 hours a
day adding fresh air to your home, maintaining oxygen
content and reducing humidity to comfortable levels.

Visit our air quality site at Pure Air Plus with more excellent information on air quality

THE CHIMNEY SWEEP
call us at (519) 941 - 5213
Fax at (519) 941 - 0033
or contact us at
thechimneysweep@sympatico.ca

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