Systems · Fresh air & ventilation
Fresh air for a tight, healthy home
A tightly sealed house needs a planned supply of fresh air. Every Bedrock home has whole-house ventilation that runs quietly all the time. On our Better and Best packages it's a heat-recovery ventilator that brings in filtered fresh air and keeps most of the heat in the house.
This isn't a choice you need to make. Your envelope package sets the system, and every home gets the standards below.
Set by your envelope package
Ventilation by package
The tighter the house, the more a heat-recovery ventilator pays off. Better and Best include one; Good uses code exhaust ventilation and can add one as an upgrade.
Good: quiet exhaust ventilation
Quiet bathroom fans run continuously at low speed to pull stale air out, with a control to boost them. It meets code and keeps the air fresh in a code-built house.
Better: heat-recovery ventilator
A heat-recovery ventilator brings filtered fresh air to bedrooms and living areas and pulls stale air from baths, passing the two streams so most of the heat stays inside.
Best: high-efficiency heat-recovery ventilator
Our Best package uses a high-efficiency heat-recovery ventilator that keeps even more of the heat while delivering filtered fresh air to every bedroom and living space.
Every Bedrock home
How we build it
Moisture out, filtered fresh air in, and checked before you move in.
Kitchen and bath fans vented outside
Every bathroom and laundry fan and the kitchen range hood vents straight outside through sealed, insulated ducts. Moisture and cooking smells leave the house instead of ending up in the attic.
Moisture out before it causes trouble
Quiet fans
Ready for smoke season
Fresh air comes in through a fine filter that catches most smoke particles, and you can turn ventilation down on the worst days while the heat pumps keep the house cool with windows closed. We'll show you how at move-in.
Cleaner air through smoke season
Simple controls for smoky days
Tested before you move in
We measure the fresh-air flow at final so the house gets the air the code calls for, no more and no less. You get the settings and a filter schedule in your move-in binder.
You know it works
Balanced, quiet airflow
FAQ
Common questions
What is an HRV, and do I need one?
A heat-recovery ventilator is a quiet box with two fans. One pulls stale air from bathrooms and laundry, the other brings fresh outdoor air to bedrooms and living areas, and the two airstreams pass each other so the outgoing air warms the incoming air. In a tight house it's the best way to keep air fresh without throwing heat away.
How do you handle wildfire smoke?
A sealed house keeps most smoke out to begin with. Fresh air through the HRV passes a fine filter, and on the worst days you can turn ventilation down while the heat pumps keep the house cool with the windows shut. A portable HEPA air cleaner in the bedroom helps too.
Can I still open my windows?
Of course. Ventilation keeps the air fresh when the windows are closed, through winter and smoky stretches. On a nice day, open them up.
Want to see an HRV in person?
Ask us for a walk-through of a home under construction, or we'll explain the system on your plans during pre-construction.