{"id":13497,"date":"2016-01-11T11:34:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T11:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:00:02","slug":"what-are-weep-hole-ducts-where-should-they-be-placed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/what-are-weep-hole-ducts-where-should-they-be-placed\/","title":{"rendered":"What are weep hole ducts and where should they be placed?"},"content":{"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]What are weep hole ducts?<\/strong>
\nWeep hole ducts are water outlets.\u00a0 Used in conjunction with a cavity tray they allow water to drain away from the cavity preventing it from transferring to the inner leaf and causing damp.<\/p>\n

Where should weep hole ducts be placed?<\/strong>
\nTo help get the positioning of weep hole ducts and cavity trays right, LABC Warranty<\/a> has put together a handy Cavity Trays and Weep Holes Checklist.\u00a0 Easy to follow, the sheet outlines the required locations of cavity trays and weep hole ducts to Building Regulations and LABC Warranty’s Technical Manual.\u00a0 Download your copy of the checklist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is a good weep hole duct to use?
\n<\/strong>There are several manufacturers of weep hole ducts in the UK and it is an item widely available from builders merchants and distributors nationwide.<\/p>\n

National and independent house builders all over the UK use Rytons Rytweep<\/a> in clear.\u00a0 It’s easily fitted and virtually disappears once installed.\u00a0 A true crystal clear, it draws in the colour of the surrounding mortar giving any colour brickwork or mortar a great finish.<\/p>\n

Although a tapered design, the Rytweep is full brick height at the rear and complies with the latest NHBC guidance and good practice that the cavity end of a weep hole should be at least 65mm x 10mm (the size of a brick perpend).\u00a0 This helps ensure the weep is kept clear from mortar droppings, allowing water to enter from the cavity tray for an effective performance.<\/p>\n

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[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]What are weep hole ducts? Weep hole ducts are water outlets.\u00a0 Used in conjunction with a cavity tray they allow water to drain away from the cavity preventing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[260,261,259,262,258],"class_list":["post-13497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cavity-underfloor-ventilation-news","tag-cavity-trays","tag-cavity-wall-weeps","tag-cavity-weeps","tag-damp","tag-weep-hole-ducts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497","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=13497"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26363,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions\/26363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}