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Vacuum, Built in – upgrade
Homeowner Use, Maintenance and Warranty Guidelines
If you purchased the built in vacuum upgrade, please review the following manuals for warranty
and care information: “Nilfisk Vacuum Manual”; and “First Choice Vacuums Warranty”.
Ventilation
Homeowner Use and Maintenance Guidelines
Homes today are built more tightly than ever. This saves energy dollars, but creates a potential
concern: humidity. Humidity is generated by people breathing, bathing, cooking and living in
homes. Humidity must be ventilated to the outdoors; otherwise, condensation, cooking odours,
indoor pollutants, and carbon monoxide may accumulate indoors. We provide mechanical and
passive methods for ventilating homes; however, your attention to ventilation is equally important
to your family’s health and safety. Please take the time to review the following recommended
daily living habits – adopting these habits will reduce humidity by improving ventilation.
Daily Habits
Your daily habits can help keep your home well ventilated. Please:
 Do not cover or interfere in any way with the fresh air supply to your suite;
 Keep the dryer exhaust hose clean and securely connected;
 Keep the dryer lint trap clean;
 Do not interfere with the dryer booster fan. Where applicable, there may also be a
booster fan disconnect switch (located beside/adjacent your dryer). If installed, do
not turn it off. Failure to follow these instructions will void your entire home
warranty;
 Develop the habit of running the hood fan when you are cooking;
 Run you bathroom fan(s) when taking a shower or bath. Continue running the fan(s) for
approximately 1 hour following your shower or bath. Failure to follow this instruction will
void your home warranty;
 Do not tamper with the main bathroom fan timer. It is wired to run a total of 8 hours each
day. Tampering with same will void your home warranty;
 Leave several windows slightly open during spring, summer, fall and winter. This will allow
humidity to escape (we have found that the fan alone does not lower humidity enough
during the wet, cold winter). This will also prevent excessive moisture from forming on the
inside of your windows. Keeping windows slightly open throughout the year will help:
a. Keep the air in your suite fresh;
b. Prevent damage to your possessions; and
c. Prevent damage to your suite.
 Avoid setting your thermostat at extreme temperatures. Heating your home will cause the
materials to dry out faster, generating more moisture into the air. Drying materials out too
fast also increases shrinkage cracks and separations
Examples of humidity damage are:
 Mold growing on window frames, drywall and other surfaces (very unhealthy!);
 Cords on the window blinds swelling, making the blinds hard to operate and likely to break;
and
 Water filling the bottom window track and damaging the drywall and wood sill beside it.
If your windows are fogged up or wet on the inside, you are damaging your home.