To combat the challenges associated with providing adequate ventilation in hard-to-naturally ventilate spaces below suspended ground floors, Homevent has launched its unique, mechanical ventilation alternative.
The MORI WMF Weatherproof Multi-Functional Sub-Floor Ventilation Fan is designed to control air moisture content, as well as radon gas, in sub-floor spaces. The health concerns associated with radon gas make effective ventilation critical, and even in areas where this is not an issue, high moisture content can decay timber – ultimately leading to extortionate remedial costs.
For this reason, mechanical rather than natural ventilation is often required, especially when existing natural ventilation measures such as airbricks have become blocked over the years. However, fans mounted within the sub-floor space can be expensive to run, struggle to cope with the extremes of temperature within such spaces, and will often require impractical maintenance. Inevitably, this results in fans not being checked and cleaned, which drastically reduces the effectiveness of a ventilation unit.
John Bradley, Managing Director at Homevent, comments: “Adequate sub-floor ventilation below suspended ground floors can be critical to a structure’s integrity, not to mention the health implications in helping to control radon gas in affected areas. Far too often, there isn’t suitable consideration of how this can be managed long-term, which is why an alternative approach is required.”
Homevent’s MORI WMF has been designed to specifically address the key challenges associated with sub-floor fans. For example, it is fully weatherproof, which means it can be installed on the outside of the property, limiting maintenance to periodical inspection and cleaning from outside the home.
It is also capable of dealing with operating temperatures as low as -200C and as high as 500C. Crucially, particularly in the face of rising energy costs, it incorporates control options that allow each fan to be set up to supply mode, extract mode or alternate flow mode. It automatically switches every 70 seconds, helping to bring running costs down to between £2-5 per year for continuous operation.
John Bradley, Managing Director at Homevent, comments: “In the ventilation industry, we know the importance of managing airflow in sub-floor spaces. However, homeowners may require convincing of the merits, which is where low utility bills are an important factor. Aesthetic design will equally be a major consideration for end-users, which is why the MORI WMF is small, discreet, and available in 5 different colours.
“We listened and learned from our customers of the challenges they faced when they were installing fans below suspended ground floors. Addressing these challenges was the central ethos behind the MORI WMF; to offer an alternative approach for hard-to-ventilate sub-floor spaces that is easy to install and maintain, while being quiet and cheap to run.”
