{"id":4909,"date":"2017-06-13T11:55:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2017-06-13T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:55:55","slug":"ask-the-engineer-remedying-ventilation-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/ask-the-engineer-remedying-ventilation-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Engineer: Remedying Ventilation Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4952\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4952\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4952\" src=\"https:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Open-gap-300x225.png\" alt=\"Common ventilation issues include gaps in ductwork that change airflow and pressure within the system, and allow odors and smoke to infiltrate common areas and adjacent units.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Open-gap-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Open-gap-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Open-gap-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Open-gap-485x363.png 485w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Open-gap-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Open-gap.png 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaps in ductwork change airflow and pressure within the system, and allow odors and smoke to infiltrate common areas and adjacent units.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clean air and proper ventilation in buildings is essential to health and comfort. Poor indoor air quality causes problems with odors and humidity, and can lead to health issues such as mold allergies and sick building syndrome. It can also affect fire safety and increase operating and energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on short-term fixes such as window and door draft seals and adding bathroom\/kitchen fans without proper evaluation may do little to help and may even exacerbate the problems. Determining the source of ventilation problems can be difficult and requires a methodical approach.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0RAND's latest <a href=\"https:\/\/randpc.com\/ask\/mep\/ventilation\">Ask the Engineer column<\/a>, we discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Common ventilation issues<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating your building's ventilation system and performance<\/li>\n<li>What is negative pressure?<\/li>\n<li>Preventing second-hand smoke and other infiltration\/odors<\/li>\n<li>How to diagnose and address ventilation problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You Ask, We Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0For more on remedying ventilation issues, read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/randpc.com\/ask\/mep\/ventilation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full article<\/a>\u00a0on our website. If you have questions or comments, a repair or upgrade question about your building, or a topic you would like more information on, send your queries to Ask the Engineer at <a href=\"mailto:&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x70;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x70;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/a>. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Peter Varsalona, PE<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>is RAND's Principal and head of the firm's Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clean air and proper ventilation in buildings is essential to health and comfort. Poor indoor air quality causes problems with odors and humidity, and can lead to health issues such as mold allergies and sick building syndrome. It can also...<\/p>\n <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/ask-the-engineer-remedying-ventilation-issues\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,398,7,519,518],"tags":[526,521,523,522,524,528,371,384,527,520,525],"class_list":["post-4909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diagnostics","category-hvac","category-categories","category-mep","category-ventilation","tag-cigarette-smoke","tag-ducts","tag-ductwork","tag-indoor-air-quality","tag-negative-pressure","tag-odor-infiltration","tag-rand","tag-rand-engineering-architecture","tag-second-hand-smoke","tag-ventilation","tag-ventilation-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}