How to make the ventilation in the garage

Every car owner wants his machine lasts as long as possible and not lose an attractive appearance.To do this, you must make regular inspection, take care of the car, but the main thing - to provide him with proper conditions "storage".If the machine will be idle in the open air outside, it starts fairly quickly rust, paint fades, there will be on the body scratches and chips.If you close it behind lock and key in a sealed room, benefit from this, too, will not be enough - in the airspace can not be long to be carried out and maintenance of machinery.To avoid such troubles, it is necessary to install a ventilation system.To learn how to correctly make the ventilation in the garage, and we will talk in today's article.

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primary objective of any garage - to protect the machine against malicious attacks and weathering.However, not enough to build a "box" and put it in the car, you need to create a comfortable environment inside: the level of humidity, temperature, etc.If the garage is no ventilation system, there will always prevail stale air and high humidity.This will result in the active development of corrosion in vulnerable housing areas and will significantly reduce the life of the machine.

What does the ventilation in the garage:

1. Displays or evaporates water vapor inevitably formed as a result of penetration of snow, mud or rain drops when the car calls in the street.
2. Displays harmful to human health and the evaporation of gases.
3. dried body of the car after traveling in bad weather.
4. timely removes condensation, which occurs on the inner surfaces of the garage, thus prolonging the service life.
5. dried viewing hole in the basement and garage, if available.

To make all this possible, you need to choose the right and install one of the types of ventilation systems: natural, forced or mixed.Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Natural ventilation

Natural ventilation - it is the simplest and cheapest way to provide ventilation of the garage.This explains its popularity.Air flows through the inside placed at the bottom of the gate supply air openings.fresh air streams penetrate through them, are on the floor at the bottom of the car, slowly heat up and rise up, capturing with a condensate, toxic gases and vapors.In the ceiling of the garage are other openings - fume.Through them, and the exhaust air comes out.

system to work smoothly and efficiently, it is necessary to choose the right cross section of the supply and exhaust air.Exhaust pipe should be made of asbestos or of tin and rise above the level of the roof at least 50 cm in order to create the necessary thrust power.If traction is not, the exhaust air does not come from within or will be coming out very slowly.It is also recommended to arrange the insulation around the exhaust pipe, so that the cold season is not cold condensate and corked it.

Why air begins to flow and move in the right direction?Circulation is carried out through different densities exhaust and fresh air, and also due to the thrust occurring in the pipes.But if the volume of exhaust air are too high, and the natural system can not cope, it is necessary to establish a system of the combined type.

Mixed ventilation

Such a ventilation system in the garage combines the principle of the natural and forced.Air enters through the inflow pipe, and output through the fan running on the network and installed in the exhaust opening near the ceiling.The fan sucks the exhaust air mass faster and removes them from the premises.

To make this system as efficient as possible, you need to choose the right exhaust fan power.For the garage, it is desirable that it be at least 100 watts.Product quality is also important - it must be reliable and durable under condition of continuous operation.

The main drawback of the combined ventilation system is overcooling of the garage in the winter.Inside rapidly penetrate the cold air, and just as quickly emerges.The absence of a filter in the supply hole may also be uncomfortable.

Forced ventilation

Forced or fully mechanized ventilation in the garage is probably the best solution.In this case, the air flow and its elimination is carried out by autonomous subsystems, which completely eliminates the disadvantages of the above methods.

Ventilation in the garage consists of air filter, fan and heater.When the fan sucks in air from the street, he immediately cleaned by passing through a filter, and heated in the air heater.Thus, in the garage will be warm even the frosty winter.Subsystem ventilation garage is an axial fan, which can be supplemented with a fan channel.

At arrangement of enforcement system using modular design or candy bars.The first involves the installation of stand-alone units for air inflow and removal, integrated into a single system by means of sensors.Bar is a single box (block), which occurs inflows and extractor.The most effective are considered one-piece with the heat exchanger, which heat incoming fresh air, thereby reducing the heating costs.

Select garage ventilation scheme should be more in the design, even if the garage is already in use, you can enter the system in the general layout.Of course, it takes more effort, time and money, but you already know what can happen in a garage with no ventilation.If the room has heating, it is wiser to use a compulsory system with heat recovery, and is suitable for conventional natural scheme unheated.

Tip: All ventilation openings regardless of the type of system or install protective mesh grille to the inside of the garage did not penetrate the insects, rodents, the duct is not clogged debris.

mounting Features

Each of the ventilation system has a mounting technology demands of various skills, different cost and service character.In this chapter we will consider in detail the features of the ventilation unit in the garage with his hands.

Natural ventilation

natural ventilation make the easiest, but before you go to the store for tubes and bars, it is necessary to calculate to see the cross section of the pipe.From the duct it depends on how quickly it will be able to skip the fresh air and remove waste.And this, in turn, determines the squaring of the garage and its rate of pollution.There are some requirements of the organization of natural ventilation, which states that for every m² should fall 1.5 cm duct.That is, if you own a garage 18 m², means for ventilation it needs a duct diameter 18 * 1.5 = 270 mm.But if you want to install two exhaust pipes in different parts of the garage, then this value should be divided into two ducts and buy 135 mm in diameter.

How to make the ventilation in the garage:

1. Make a hole for air pipes as low as possible.Ideally, it should be located only 30-50 cm from the floor.
2. Note that the overall diameter of the air supply ducts must be greater than the diameter of the exhaust duct 2 times.
3. better to do intake openings on the north side of the garage, the wind blew in them as much as possible.
4. To make a good exhaust air, place the duct opening at the highest point of the garage, ie either on the roof or the ceiling.
5. The higher the chimney, the better.From it to supply the hole should be at least 3 m. If a garage with a gable roof, the exhaust pipe can be carried out through the attic to the roof ridge.
   
6. outlet of the exhaust pipe must be closed awning or canopy that there will not penetrate rain, dust or insects.
7. Do hood so that the air direction coincided with the direction of the wind (the wind should not blow it, so as not to break the cravings).For this we need to know which direction the wind is prevalent in your area.
8. between the duct and the wall will remain an empty space - fill it with foam and sealant.

As you can see, the natural ventilation of the garage with his hands in a very simple arrangement, so even a novice in this matter should not be difficult.The cost of work is minimal, especially when you consider that the ducts can be riveted to or from galvanized sheet steel.

But before you decide to make such ventilation at the garage, consider its main drawback - the air will circulate only when the outside temperature up to + 12C.During the summer, ventilation is relatively weak, so you may need to install additional fans, but more on that below.

Combined ventilation

principle arrangement of the combined ventilation system is practically the same as that described above, with the only exception that the exhaust port is set fan that sucks the exhaust air and pushes it out through the air.Another caveat - the supply and exhaust openings can be located in any part of the garage, but not vice versa, otherwise the air circulation will not.

duct, you can use plastic or metal pipe, the diameter of which you already know how to calculate.The combined system provides effective ventilation garage year regardless of the temperature outside.Sami fans do not consume too much energy, so a significant difference in your bills you do not feel it.The only thing that should be taken into account - active penetration of cold air in the winter, since the supply hole is not equipped with any heated devices.Well, if you equip it as such, and even put a filter, then it will be completely mechanized ventilation system.Of course, it is much better to natural and combined, but is much more expensive.

How to make simple and effective combination ventilation in the garage, see the video below:

pit ventilation and basement

It is not difficult to guess that if the air will flow into the garage through an opening low on the floor, and go - somewherethe ceiling, the inspection pit and cellar remain without attention.To work in the sweltering pit very uncomfortable under the car, and if you do not allow air circulation in the basement, there will grow very quickly mushroom plantation.

to equip ventilation viewing hole on the sides, located closest to the supply hole slightly open it to 10-15 cm, to avoid injury, accidentally stepping back.If inflows are on both sides of the pit, make a slit on both sides.Between the pit cover planks at a location directly opposite the exhaust hole, make a slit width of 5-10 cm.

If the supply hole is 2 times wider exhaust, in the pit there is a natural attraction, and air masses are independently substituted.At the same time, try to put the car so that it does not overlap the exhaust slit holes.There is a lot more aggressive environment, and if the exhaust air from the pit will blow into the back of the car, this is where it starts to rust and rot the first thing.

How to make the ventilation in the garage with a basement?In this case, you have to build in the cellar a separate ventilation system with its supply and exhaust air duct.The basement itself is always very raw, and there need quite a powerful air circulation.

The following guidelines will help you make effective ventilation in the cellar garage:

1. the supply vents for the north side.
2. Exhaust duct set on the south side of the building.
3. supply air duct in the basement of conduct to the floor and crashed into the exhaust ceiling.
4. to products and items stored in the basement, do not freeze in the winter, place them as far as possible from the air supply pipe (50 cm minimum).
5. Remember that the overall diameter of the air supply pipe must be greater than the overall diameter of the exhaust ducts 2 times.

Make ventilation in the garage is not so difficult, whether natural or forced system.To enhance air circulation, especially in the summer, make a window in the garage - they not only let in fresh air, but also will save on lighting.

Ventilation in the garage: photo