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cupid Junior Member Offline stand&be counted? sod that,lie down no number? Posts: 138 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	vent 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
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bstyle GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: vent Reply #1 - 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
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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: vent Reply #2 - 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.
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cupid Junior Member Offline stand&be counted? sod that,lie down no number? Posts: 138 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: vent Reply #3 - 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
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Reply #5 - 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 Angry

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.

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cupid Junior Member Offline stand&be counted? sod that,lie down no number? Posts: 138 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: vent Reply #6 - 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
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