We've just bought a property on Waiheke and it's a bit of a project. The previous owners seem to have had a phobia towards doing things the right way or doing any general maintenance at all.
Anyway, I went up into the ceiling last weekend to check the HRV and filter. The first thing I noticed was the amount of junk the previous owners had stuffed up there for us - brilliant. The second thing was that the HRV seems to have been installed fully laterally. There seems to be no reason why this should've been done - as I would've thought the intake should be as high as possible? - but this kind of thing is completely inline with the illogicality of the previous owners.
I have no previous experience with HRVs, but they look simple enough to replace a filter, etc. Just wanting to check whether anybody had seen an example of a system installed in this way?
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