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Title: vent
Post by cupid on Jan 24^th, 2005, 9:56pm

the final piece of my extention went in over the w/end,cooker hood & extracter with out outside vent,all works fine,BUT >:( THE BLOODY plastic vent on outside wall with its three little louvers flap around in with the wind >:( has anyone got any ideas as what i can use other than this piece of sh*t ???

cupid

Title: Re: vent
Post by bstyle on Jan 24^th, 2005, 10:12pm

When I fit Bathroom extractors they usually come with the 3 flaps and a square grid style vent, I chuck away the flaps and put in the grid!!

You can probably get the vents from Diy shed

Title: Re: vent
Post by jasonB on Jan 25^th, 2005, 7:38am

It is meant to stop the wind blowing back into the duct, you can usually click the flaps out, give it a try without and see if there is any backdraught.

Title: Re: vent
Post by cupid on Jan 25^th, 2005, 11:15pm

thanks JASON vent is fix on to a east facing wall :( so backdraft WILL be a consern :-/

thanks aslo BSTYLE sounds like the grid vent may be better option? wiil have a look in the stores tommorow.

cupid

Title: Re: vent
Post by zambezi on Jan 26^th, 2005, 10:30pm

Gripfill ;D ;D

Title: Re: vent
Post by woodsmith on Jan 27^th, 2005, 6:24am

I went to B&Q and bought some Marley vents..they were absolutely crap the thinnest plastic known to man but they were all pre packaged so only found out when I got home; a 100mile round trip >:(

I had to fit a vent in a very exposed location and the customer didn't want a grill as they didn't want a permanent draught. So I fitted a cowl to the outside and an in-line back draught shutter, the type with a round plate inside where it is pivoted slightly off centre. The harder the wind blows the tighter it stays shut.

Keith

Title: Re: vent
Post by cupid on Jan 27^th, 2005, 10:37pm

thanks ZAMBEZI eh, GRIPFILL sought of defeats the object :-/
thanks WOODSMITH you are right about them grill vents aint worth a carrot,i was in travis today and see that cowling with shutter, will have to have a closer look.

cupid