Wave Home Solutions

Chlorine

I have great summer memories --- most of us do.  A lot of the memories are of swimming pools where I spent a ton of time as a child.  And like most anyone who has similar memories or who may have their own pool, the smell of chlorine was always present as was the stinging of the eyes leading to "red eye" from the chlorine in the pool.  It still happens today ........

Hydrocare has installed their AquaKlear in pools, both private and public, over much of this summer and guess what --- chlorine smell --- GONE!  Red eye --- GONE!!  And it's dramatic as one complex out in California discovered when they inadvertently disconnected the power to the unit.  Within days, the children were complaining of the smell and red eye and the moms then complained to the management and sure enough within days of connecting the power back, the smells disappeared as did the children's complaints about their eyes stinging.  

Without going into a very complicated explanation, I encourage anyone out there with a pool who would like to understand more to contact the Company and ask about the AquaKlear unit.  Quite simply, they work and as a swimmer who has spent hours and hours in pools, the one issue I've always had is excess chlorine (to me), the smell of it in and around the pool and the burning eyes.  That is eliminated with the AquaKlear unit which has been in the world market helping pool owners for over 20 years!!! 

Summer 2010

Here we are nearing the end of summer and as it has been for quite some time, lots of concerns about the housing market and lots of concerns about staying put or buying new.  Questions out there are what can we do to improve the value of our home, what can we do to push towards LEED approved certification?  One of the best and quite honestly the most cost effective way to move towards LEED approval is to manage the moisture level in the home and at the same time provide the proper number of air exchanges in the home is by installing a ventilation unit in the lower level that "balances the air" in the home.  

Homeowners are surprised when they learn excess moisture can create all sorts of issues within the home ranging from mold activity (stinky basements and/or crawl spaces) to wood rot to increased activity from dust mites to termites and spiders, all of them requiring moisture to survive.  Plus stale, contaminated air collects in the lowest area where it is most often the least ventilated area of the home.

With this summers extreme heat and humidity plus all the excessive rain and flooding, moisture issues are more prone to occur in the basements and crawlspaces and without proper ventilation in these areas, they can become almost unlivable and the dank, musty odors will drift up through natural air flow unless a sensible ventilation unit is installed that takes the stale air and vents it to the outside.

The Wave Ventilation Unit does it all --- expels the stale air from every corner of the lower level, pulls down warmer, drier, refreshing air from the upper levels to balance out the air in the home and does it continually while it monitors the dew point levels and establishes the desired humidity level in the lower level as determined by the homeowner.

It helps towards LEED certification as it helps reduce heating/air conditioning costs as it is more costly to do either with heavy, moist air.  It is like your clothes dryer --- think about how long it takes to dry a towel just out of the washer vs a slightly damp towel -- a considerable difference and is why managing the excess moisture in the home is critical to reducing the homes utility costs.