If your home has a crawlspace, half the air you are breathing is likely coming from below your feet. Investing in solar powered ventilation for these spaces is crucial for keeping your home’s air healthy and breathable.
Homes built on uneven ground or permafrost typically have crawl spaces. Building full basement foundations is expensive in these situations. As a result, homes are often built on support columns of cinder blocks or concrete instead. In the US, builders used this method to construct approximately 15 percent of new homes in the southern, southwest, and western states in 2020.
These spaces are often major havens for moisture related problems. Water from rainfall, plumbing leaks or even ground water can pool in crawl spaces. These spaces are also notorious for trapping pests, critters, dust and radon gas. Most homeowners rarely inspect and clean these spaces. As a result, mold and bacteria growth there can go unnoticed for years.
These contaminants pollute the air in the crawl space, which then rises up into living quarters. Polluted crawl air can make up as much as 50 per cent of a home’s indoor air. This in turn can cause significant health problems for those inside. Authorities may even close off entire buildings in severe cases.
Solar Powered Ventilation Fans Can Help
Proper ventilation is your crawl space’s best defense against moisture and mold problems. Specifically, air needs to circulate out of confined spaces at least 10 times an hour.
Your home’s crawl space may already have passive ventilation holes installed. These ports typically rely on differences in air pressure between the indoor and outdoor environment to circulate air. Often, they are enough to satisfy local building codes. However, as some homeowners in North Carolina recently learned, these minimum standards don’t always mean adequate ventilation. Only a mechanized system can adequately circulate air to keep your home healthy.
That’s where solar powered ventilation fans come in, like the six ventilation fan systems in iSolar Solutions’ lineup. These fans automatically switch on when your crawl space is not getting enough ventilation to rapidly push out moisture-laden air. This keeps your crawl space dry and inhospitable for mold and bacteria growth.
Powered solely by the sun, they add no additional cost to your home’s electricity bill. The solar powered ventilation fans in iSolar Solutions’ lineup also have the benefit of modularity. This means several fans can be chained together easily to ventilate large spaces. The solar panels can also be mounted at difficult angles or elevations. Our systems further allow for solar panels to be installed wherever pockets of sunlight are found, even if they are far from the fans. This makes them especially ideal for properties covered by large amounts of shade.
Is Installing One Difficult?
You can install many fans in iSolar Solutions’ lineup in as little as 15 minutes. They fit into most existing vent holes of homes. And the best part? You don’t even need to hire an electrician! Most general contractors and roofers can do the installation. That is because they lack complicated wiring, and don’t need power from the local grid to function.
To make installation even easier, iSolar Solutions maintains a network of trusted installation partners. These professionals thoroughly understand the science of proper building ventilation. For handy DIYers, the iSolarSolutions website also includes detailed installation manuals for our most popular models. Lastly, we stand behind the quality of all our products with a limited 20-year warranty.
To learn more about selecting the right solar attic fan for your home, please contact one of our knowledgeable sales staff at 1-844-684-7723, or by email at [email protected].
