Ventilation to the closet

[Mainiac]

Oliver has considered adding ventilation to the closet. Does anyone see a pressing need? For what purpose? To add heat? Someone storing wet gear in there. It is just I haven't heard of anyone, in 7 years, express a need for. Wonder what I may be missing...

[John E Davies]

ALL the dead air spaces need proper ventilation, the closet, pantry, under the dinette, overhead cabinets, the bathroom. It evens out temperature variations, reduces the likelihood of mildew if you are unlucky enough to live east of the Rockies, reduces heat stress on the electronics like your inverter and batteries.

 I wish the furnace fan could easily be run on a very low “fan only” speed, that would really help in stinky hot weather to pull all the trapped heat out of the dead spaces... The more holes, the better, in an Ollie.

IMHO.

John Davies

Spokane WA

 

[SeaDawg]

We added vents to the closet, first year.

We live in Florida.  Airflow is always a critical thought. 

[Rivernerd]

1 hour ago, Mainiac said:

Oliver has considered adding ventilation to the closet. Does anyone see a pressing need? For what purpose? To add heat?

I just added two 4" vents, one high and one low, to the closet in our Hull #1291.  It cost me about $20 (I already had the necessary 4" hole saw and cordless vac) and took about 1.5 hours.

We wanted to better heat the closet in cold temps, and to increase air flow to limit mold and mildew formation when in moist environments (like one of our favorite vacation spots, the Oregon coast).  My tests yesterday confirmed much better warming by the furnace in cold temps.  We expect the better air flow will also help prevent mold and/or mildew formation when we visit the Oregon coast this April.  Worth the limited investment of $$$ and time to me.

See this thread:

 

[aaronorange]

We find that we leave the closet door open while camping it get stuffy in there hot in the summer and cool in the winter. No ventalation makes it stuffy, we do store our dirty laundry bag/hamper in there. We are contenplating adding ventalation. Has anyone else done this? What were the results?

[Snackchaser]

31 minutes ago, aaronorange said:

 Has anyone else done this? What were the results?

I added a top and bottom vent for the closet, but it's hard to know or measure how much airflow has improved.  But you can be certain that it has improved over having no vent at all.

At the same time I added a vent in the bathroom that allows the pressure from the heater duct to flow out under the dinette seat, then through the basement back to the furnace intake.  This was a significant improvement for bathroom heat.  You can feel air flow through the new vent, and it actually holds a tissue in place from the back pressure.

FYI, I used a hole saw and taped the surface to prevent chip out.  It worked great!

Cheers!  Geoff

[Rivernerd]

 I added 4 vents, including two (top and bottom) in the closet.  See my post from January 31, 2023 above in this thread.

Edited Wednesday at 03:43 PM by Rivernerd

[Minnesota Oli]

I added 2 vents, one in the bath above the mirror in to the closet and one at the base of the closet out to main room. I went up near the ceiling for the vent because I wanted the warmest air to be vented and to avoid water from shower entering vent to closet.

I did this because back when I added heat runs to the street side and tested various spots in Oliver for temperatures during 10 and 12 below zero out side temps I found that the closet was the only place that came close to freezing. So now the bath no longer pressurizes when the furnace is running and the warm air is forced into the closet and then out the bottom vent and into the living space. Also takes care of the problem of when running the ceiling fan having to open bathroom window.

[jd1923]

4 hours ago, Rivernerd said:

 I added 4 vents, including two (top and bottom) in the closet.  See my post from January 31, 2023 above in this thread.

Me too. Copied some who posted here. I purchased one 4” vent (over closet door) like others had, then went with 3” vents on the rest.

I like how the upper closet vent lights up the entrance when the closet light is on. Make sure your drill is on a clutch setting!

Edited Wednesday at 07:57 PM by jd1923