ᐅ House (built in 2019) always too warm from April to October
Created on: 23 May 2023 07:28
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chewbacca123
Hello everyone, I wasn’t sure under which category to post this topic.
We have been living in our house for about four years now; it was built in 2019. The house is built into a slope, with the ground floor containing the living area, kitchen, workspace, and a small bathroom, and the basement level having the bedrooms, building services, and utility room. The attic is not converted.
Now that it’s slowly getting warmer, I notice again, as I do every year:
It’s so warm inside the house. The heating system, underfloor heating (heat pump), is no longer running. We have a thermometer in the cloakroom on the ground floor. This morning it showed 23.4°C (74°F), stuffy and uncomfortable.
Our house has a ventilation system (Wolf), a central ventilation unit. It runs at night and is supposed to bring fresh air into the house or extract air from the rooms as needed.
How can it be that we always have such heat? 23.4°C (74°F) in the hallway?
Of course, I should mention that we get a lot of sun. On the ground floor, in the living area, there are large south-facing windows which we shade when the sun is shining.
In the basement, the terrace door is 2m (6.6 ft) wide and also exposed to the sun. We shade that partially.
We installed the ventilation system back then because it was said to save us from having to open all the windows every morning. Now, between April and October, I basically spend my mornings opening all the windows anyway to get rid of the stuffy and unpleasant warmth inside the house.
Does anyone have similar experiences? How can it be that after a night with 12°C (54°F) outside temperature, the hallway is 23.4°C (74°F) at 7 a.m.?
When I leave the bedroom and walk up the stairs to the ground floor, I can feel the temperature rising with every step :-/
Could this be related to the building services system? The house was built in 2019, with 36cm (14 inch) Porit bricks.
Thanks for your help, best regards
ina
We have been living in our house for about four years now; it was built in 2019. The house is built into a slope, with the ground floor containing the living area, kitchen, workspace, and a small bathroom, and the basement level having the bedrooms, building services, and utility room. The attic is not converted.
Now that it’s slowly getting warmer, I notice again, as I do every year:
It’s so warm inside the house. The heating system, underfloor heating (heat pump), is no longer running. We have a thermometer in the cloakroom on the ground floor. This morning it showed 23.4°C (74°F), stuffy and uncomfortable.
Our house has a ventilation system (Wolf), a central ventilation unit. It runs at night and is supposed to bring fresh air into the house or extract air from the rooms as needed.
How can it be that we always have such heat? 23.4°C (74°F) in the hallway?
Of course, I should mention that we get a lot of sun. On the ground floor, in the living area, there are large south-facing windows which we shade when the sun is shining.
In the basement, the terrace door is 2m (6.6 ft) wide and also exposed to the sun. We shade that partially.
We installed the ventilation system back then because it was said to save us from having to open all the windows every morning. Now, between April and October, I basically spend my mornings opening all the windows anyway to get rid of the stuffy and unpleasant warmth inside the house.
Does anyone have similar experiences? How can it be that after a night with 12°C (54°F) outside temperature, the hallway is 23.4°C (74°F) at 7 a.m.?
When I leave the bedroom and walk up the stairs to the ground floor, I can feel the temperature rising with every step :-/
Could this be related to the building services system? The house was built in 2019, with 36cm (14 inch) Porit bricks.
Thanks for your help, best regards
ina
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RotorMotor23 May 2023 18:36Would you like to share your data on the heating provided by your controlled residential ventilation system with us?
ypg schrieb:
For the architect, roller shutters are sufficient for thermal insulation…
Well, they also cost more. And you didn’t really consider back then that roller shutters are usually either fully closed or fully open.
Yes, that’s true. It’s not about planting shade right in front of the patio door, but if I were you, I’d try to figure out how tall a nice tree would have to be to provide some relief.
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For example, we have this one about 4.50/5.00 meters (15/16.5 feet) from the house, and from the end of April its canopy shades the terrace and therefore also the interior. Ok, it’s on the ground floor… I wouldn’t underestimate plants. Most people here who want a low-maintenance garden don’t consider the sound and sun protection offered by foliage. Not to forget the elegance a tree brings to a garden.We have planted two trees, but it will take more like 10 rather than 3 years for them to grow. We also have many tall-growing plants like butterfly bush, etc., but everything takes time.
We definitely would have chosen venetian blinds. The additional cost could probably have been managed for the appropriate windows. The nerves and frustration caused by not having them—and instead dealing with the heat—are priceless :-/
RotorMotor schrieb:
Would you be willing to share your data on the heating contribution from your controlled residential ventilation system with us? I would need to look it up, but I think it’s on my work laptop, which I currently don’t have with me (parental leave).
Jasmin schrieb:
Hello, unfortunately we don’t have any external venetian blinds (raffstores), but we do have three large oak trees to the southwest.
Now my question to the group: Is it possible to retrofit external venetian blinds? They can be installed in a cassette mounted above the roller shutter box on the outside, because they won’t fit inside the actual roller shutter box. Unfortunately… Otherwise, I would install them right away.
Our neighbor below us has a 20m (65 feet) tall oak tree, which provides some shade in our garden, but unfortunately not on the house.
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