Moved into the newly bought house and notice someone had not installed
the proper vents on the Air Exchange. I had 2 exhaust vents. Went to
the local hardware store and swapped the vent. Great...easy.

Since then my heating bills have sky rocketed. Even after filling in
'gaps' with spray insulation and other DIY jobs. I've come to the
conclusion that the air to air system is the problem.

We all know the 'X' pattern of air going trough the machine warming up
the cold exterior air before exiting and circulating trough the house.
Great... Fresh air!
But wait! I'm throwing out heat aren't I??? The system is a few years
old yes, but the 'X' pattern is the same as my parents' 2 year old
house... WTF.

I've talked about this to my father and he's also noticed that new
houses now do not hook-up the intake to the wall vent. They just let
the 4" hose hang there.
I have to double check if it's the intake or exhaust but this is were
I'm not certain what should/could be done. Your feedback is much
appreciated.

cln

On Aug 16, 11:34 am, cln wrote:
Moved into the newly bought house and notice someone had not installed
the proper vents on the Air Exchange. I had 2 exhaust vents. Went to
the local hardware store and swapped the vent. Great...easy.

Since then my heating bills have sky rocketed. Even after filling in
'gaps' with spray insulation and other DIY jobs. I've come to the
conclusion that the air to air system is the problem.

We all know the 'X' pattern of air going trough the machine warming up
the cold exterior air before exiting and circulating trough the house.
Great... Fresh air!
But wait! I'm throwing outheataren't I??? The system is a few years
old yes, but the 'X' pattern is the same as my parents' 2 year old
house... WTF.

I've talked about this to my father and he's also noticed that new
houses now do not hook-up the intake to the wall vent. They just let
the 4" hose hang there.
I have to double check if it's the intake or exhaust but this is were
I'm not certain what should/could be done. Your feedback is much
appreciated.

cln

If you really have an HRV and BOTH fans are set on exhaust, then you
are getting double exhaust and "zero" heat recovery. For heat
recovery, one fan needs to be on exhaust and the other on intake.
Check this site, where I have posted such information:
http://groups.google.com/group/Energ...ion-in-Housing

Click on the link for "Homemade HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator)" to get
started. (Go to one of the other links are on that page to see the
narrative with diagrams, which are NOT on the Google site). The first
diagram shows the schematic of how HRVs operate.
Good Luck.
Dave Meinert
21 Aug 2007