Proper heating and adequate ventilation not only prevent moisture damage and mold in your home, but also save on energy costs. We have compiled the ten most important tips and tricks for correct heating and ventilation in a checklist for you:
- The following temperatures are ideal in your apartment: Living room, children's room and kitchen: 20°C Bathroom and wet rooms: 21°C Bedroom: 18°C.
- The rule of thumb is: the cooler the room temperature, the more often it has to be aired. And the colder it is outside, the less time it has to be aired.
- You should completely change the air in your home in the morning. It is best to open at least one window in each room until any fogged up panes are clear again. If possible, you should ventilate several times a day. If you are absent all day, however, it is sufficient to carry out a complete exchange of air in the morning and evening.
- It is best to keep doors between differently heated rooms closed.
- Each room in the apartment must be adequately heated and should not heat another room. This is because the warm and humid air would get into the unheated room and condense there as moisture and lead to mould.
- After cooking, showering, ironing, wiping the floor or drying laundry, you should ventilate the room - that means open the windows and close the doors. This is the quickest way for the moist air to get outside.
- During the heating period, you should avoid continuous ventilation via the window tilt position, as open or tilted windows result in higher heat losses than targeted ventilation.
- If possible, furniture should be moved ten centimeters away from the outer walls or - even better - stand against the inner walls. If pieces of furniture are placed too close to the outer wall, the wall in these places is heated less by the room air and heat radiation and cools down as a result. The result can be condensation of moisture with the risk of mold growth.
- Never switch off the heating completely even when you are away during the day or on vacation, because constant cooling down and heating up again is more expensive than maintaining a reduced average temperature.
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