Friday, September 9, 2016

Better House Ventilation With Louver Vents

By Cynthia Peterson


Louvers are similar to jalousies which consists of many horizontal slats that are placed diagonally in order for light and air to pass. These are also used for keeping the home out of rain, noise, and direct light from the sun. Louvers have fixed angles of slats while jalousies are adjustable.

Making a lot of modern designs is evolving and are being updated, and from making old louvers out of barrels. New and modern louver vents design includes window blinds which are very common to all. Slats in window blinds has a pulley that when it is pulled, it closes and also opens the blinds.

One very popular louver which is made and used in history is the gable vent. Gable and screened vents and are mostly used in house attics and comes with different shapes, sizes, and materials. They offer a certain amount ventilation at the top most part of the attic but it does not produce equal ventilation in some areas.

Other types of venting the attic includes soffit venting and ridge venting. Soffit venting is a type of venting that allows air to pass from under the roof. This also helps reduce in moisture inside the attic. Another type is the ridge venting which is placed at the very top of an inclined roof which allows humid air to escape from the attic.

Modernized vents are made of wood, glass, aluminum, and metal. Most of these can be opened and closed by pulling a string or by the use of modern operators. Architectural buildings are also using vents to add more effects. Different louvers and designs of a vent are mostly placed in the facades of the buildings.

During typhoons and floods, louvers can also help in making less damage, especially to the walls of its structure. It is because it serves as an opening for the flood. And thus, it controls and balances the pressure from the inside, and so reducing the possibility of breaking the walls.

In big industries such as power plants and factories, louvers are very common. This is because it helps temperature control and is utilized for natural ventilation. Working inside a power plant is very challenging for both the workers and the equipment during summer. The higher the temperature outside, the more it gets hotter inside. So many industries today are making use of natural ventilation.

Transportation used for animal towing are common examples. People before had a problem in giving the animals fresh air when inside a vehicle. For competitive races, horses are being towed and transported to different places. And most vehicles does not have a proper passage of air and thus, resulting to the suffocation of animals due to the gases produced by vehicles.

Since the crisis of global warming is increasing nowadays, the climate in most houses, buildings, and other infrastructures also changes. Installation of vents are very much important for constant temperature control and insulation. This would be best because of temperature and weather swings and more importantly, for good and proper ventilation.




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