[vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted”][vc_column width=”2\/3″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_column_text]How did you sleep last Friday night?\u00a0 We\u2019re guessing not very well!\u00a0 With the ferocious storm whipping 60 mile an hour winds across our gardens and streets, most of us were probably disturbed by (or were awake worried about) damage to fence panels, dangerously flexing trees and rattling old TV aerials.<\/p>\n
One person we know had very little sleep was Jeff Pearson, a local resident who popped in to our Kettering warehouse on Monday morning after being disturbed most of Friday night by the wind gusting through the extractor fan in his en-suite bathroom.\u00a0 He told us \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the first time we\u2019d noticed our extractor fan was a bit of a wind tunnel, but Friday night was ridiculous!\u00a0 First thing Saturday morning I did a bit of Googling for vent covers and couldn\u2019t believe you were right on my doorstep.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a quick chat and a look at our display wall of grilles, it became clear that his current extractor fan grille was a very basic design.\u00a0 Looking something like the grille pictured right, the ducting can be seen through it and the vent has no external louvres and so offers virtually no protection against the elements.<\/p>\n
We suggested a good start would be to replace the external grille. \u00a0Rytons 6×6 Louvre Ventilator (pictured) is a popular extract grille with cowled external louvres to give protection against wind and driving rain.\u00a0 We also talked about a 100mm Dia. Pipe\/Hose Connector with Damper (RD4CDAMP pictured).\u00a0 Connected to the ducting behind the extractor fan the internal damper remains closed when the fan is not in use buffering air blasts to prevent back draughts.\u00a0 We also have surface mounted external cowls and Rytons ABC8 can be fitted over the LV103 grille for added protection in very exposed areas.<\/p>\n
Mr Pearson went for the LV103 grille and RD4CDAMP for a grand total of just \u00a38.57.\u00a0 He kindly let us know how he got on with them by email saying \u201cThank you for the help and advice I received on Monday.\u00a0 The outside vent grille was easy to replace and I have fitted the fan damper for added protection.\u00a0 We have already noticed a difference and the bathroom is not nearly so draughty now.\u201d<\/p>\n
View Rytons 6×6 Louvre Ventilator (LV103) here First published on Rytons Blog 19.02.2014[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_single_image image=”12976″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Basic grille offers little protection<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12975″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Cowled louvres protect against the elements<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”20317″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Damper opens when the fan is running<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted”][vc_column width=”2\/3″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_column_text]How did you sleep last Friday night?\u00a0 We\u2019re guessing not very well!\u00a0 With the ferocious storm whipping 60 mile an hour winds across our gardens and streets, most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,100],"tags":[198,199,197],"class_list":["post-12973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ducting-news","category-other-news","tag-cowls","tag-extractor-fan-backdraught-damper","tag-extractor-fan-grilles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12973"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22130,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12973\/revisions\/22130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/a>View Rytons Pipe\/Hose Connector with Damper (RD4CDAMP) here<\/a>
\nView Rytons Cowls here<\/a><\/p>\n