Most Frequently Asked Question!

Q: Ventilate air off the floor vs. opening windows near top of wall

A: By drawing the air from the lowest level off the floor and exhausting it to the outside, the EZ Breathe Ventilation System creates a negative space that forces newer, cleaner air to come in. This bad air out, better air in is complete air exchange using a controlled, conditioned source of replacement air that simply opening windows cannot not provide. Collecting the air within 18” off the floor of a basement or crawlspace is far superior to opening windows in order to ventilate these spaces. Aside from allowing damp, humid air in to an already damp space, opening windows does nothing to exhaust the stagnant air out of the basement and/or crawlspace. Relying on mother nature to ventilate a below grade space has proven ineffective and problematic often times making the basement/crawlspace condition worse. These outdated building codes are changing all over the country to mechanical ventilation requirements vs the old passive ventilation method.