When construction engineer Anders Holmgren decided to leave the squirrel wheel in Stockholm and move with his family to Smedjebacken, they found an old wooden house that had great potential but needed some love. According to Anders, there are many advantages to an old house, for example that the building materials are better than in newly built houses, which means that they do not give off emissions.
The house was built in 1942 on two floors and a basement and today has water-borne district heating and a wood-burning stove. Although the house had been renovated to some extent, including additional insulation and new modern windows, nothing had been done about the ventilation. As an inspector, Anders was able to inspect the house himself and ascertain that the insulation and the new windows had largely stopped the ventilation, with a bad indoor climate as a result.
“The ventilation was more or less non-existent.”
Upstairs, the cat attics were converted into sleeping alcoves and the air did not reach there. In addition, the carbon dioxide content during measurement was too high. Through a friend, Anders got a tip about Airmove, who during a home visit recommended two Airmove 1.1 which create a continuous air circulation between the rooms on the upper floor.
"Airmove understood my problem and had a good solution."
In the coming year, the old wooden house in Smedjebacken will undergo some major renovations. For Anders, however, it was important to fix the ventilation as soon as possible after the move, both for the sake of the family and for the sake of the house. Anders installed his Airmove without any problems and was satisfied with the result. As a structural engineer, however, he had wished that the products also had a built-in carbon dioxide meter that adjusted the air intake and who knows, maybe that is the next step in Airmove's history?
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