We are shortly going to extend and remodel our 1970's 4 bed detatched house taking the total floor area from 108 to 170 square meters and have a few questions.
As part of these works we intend to have MVHR installed. Ventilating the upstairs (4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms) will be easy through the roof but we are not sure for the downstairs which rooms we can ventilate. The kitchen and utility room will be in the extension so getting pipes to them seems easy enough. What we are contemplating is only running one input and one 'in' and one 'out' valve downstairs. Fresh air will be supplied into the dining room (open plan into the kitchen) which will then be extracted in the utility room. This would leave the living room, study, hallway, porch and WC not covered by the MVHR system. The WC already has it's own extractor fan and is almost sealed off from the rest of the house as it comes off the front porch.
Does it sound like a good idea to only ventilate the rooms listed? Doing others will be more difficult to duct to and add more to cost as well as needing a much bigger system.
Or is it worth just considering single room MVHR in individual rooms where there is a problem?
Any observations and advice much appreciated.