Something that I’ve known more or less since we moved into this house is that it tragically lacks ventilation. The furnace takes its combustion air from the workshop and make-up air comes in via a 3″ diameter plastic pipe that sticks out of the side of the house.  The range hood in the kitchen is primarily decorative.  It takes the air from under neath it (which may be smoky or steamy or what have you) and speedily redistributes it throughout the kitchen.  Many homes have a range hood that is vented outdoors which actually does some good.  Ours does not.  Until fairly recently, our bathroom also lacked any sort of mechanical ventilation relying only on a window that we almost never open.
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Of all the tasks associated with house renovation, wiring certainly is one. Our kitchen contained, until recently, a down-at-the-heels ceiling fan. As our house has central air, a ceiling fan is not a thing that we have any particular use for so it has served as the kitchen light and little more. Apart from the … Read More “Bzzt ow bzzzzzzzt owwwww” »