how about putting a baffle below the output - ie: likely reason for opening of flap & ingress of water is the wind going up the wall - Bernoulli effect giving...
PS: our kitchen extractor has a similar outlet hood to yours, chosen to provide shelter from rain, and the flap bangs, too - but only when the wind is coming...
Morning Gents, I too am building a house, up the garden, 2 years in. I watch this group avidly and get very useful tips from it, thanks. I am not sure where...
Hi there, Just after a general view of rainwater tank installation (continuing saga!) Of those on the list who have installed a large rainwater collection tank...
our septic tank sits in a hole dug down into rock & was back-filled with concrete almost to the top (tank being full with water at the time) ... our rainwater...
Hi Brian The 5 year reference was nothing to do with regulations, merely that by the time you have been flogging away for 5 years, paying for help (like an...
I think you will find it should be backfilled with "Non Compressable Matter", which excludes all types of "vegetable matter". After that it depends on ground...
Maybe I dreamt this, but I thought you could get extract fans where the vent flaps are electrically controlled? i.e. they only open when the fan is running. ...
From a safety POV that may well be true, - but just you try & tell SWMBO that because some numpty in the past put the cable where they shouldn't and as a...
PG > but just you try & tell SWMBO that because some numpty in the past put the cable where they shouldn't and as a result you've drilled through it, - that...
Very true, - it reminds me of the old saying.... "why do men usually die before their wives?"... Answer:... BECAUSE THEY WANT TO! ... Paul G. ... From:...
I'll try a baffle as well although the wind seems to come from all directions all the time! I remember being outside during the winter as the house was getting...
Could you not put a louvered box over the external vent? It would look OK and break up the wind and stop the rain being blown in. It only needs to be 6in deep...
... I think the most important thing in those circumstances, is not to mention that an inexpensive wiring detector or childrens toy metal detector would have...
... My suggestion would be to fit a reasonably fine wire or plastic mesh behind/inside the vent opening to stop penetrating rain travelling along the duct. My...
Hamish, The saddles that sit on top of the posts are pre-drilled. So we drilled and tapped an M5 thread into the underside of the tube and screwed the two...
Depends how much "yuk" comes out of the kitchen. At our last house we got quite a buid-up of grease in the duct / louvres. Surely that would blind a mesh? Rgds...
Our extractor (an AEG chimney style unit) has a very efficient grease filter which does get dirty pretty quickly so gets washed every 7-14 days in the dish...
Neil One final suggestion (nice home automation project). When the wind blows the critical amount in the critical direction and the rain falls at the critical...
Thanks for the replies. Wish we had rock to sit the tank ( and the house) on, but that is not the case so will have to find a solution. To date, they have...
Hi there, After all my questions about water tanks and other woes, there is some good news. G/F UFH is down, the screed will be poured on Monday, render is...
Rex Can't remember. Have you tried just filling the tank with water to pop it back? Do the tanksk manufacturer's have a comment on why their tank collapsed? ...
OK, bit of an update.... I've now started fitting the skirting boards to the living room. I'd bought some 35mm nails for my little Tacwise 191 nailer, thinking...
http://www.cleantech.com/news/5303/cleantech-game-changer-uk-boilers http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/30651/print Uni of Warwick. An absorption refrigeration...
Have seen quite a few gas absorption heat pumps in the commercial sector over the last 12 months or so, and if they can shrink them to domestic boiler size and...
Peter, Until about four/five weeks ago, the thank was full but since SWMBO has opened up a black hole (the garden)we had been using some water to irrigate the...
How are you getting the water out of the tank ? Pumping it out without an adequate air inlet to compensate might explain your 'implosion'. That situation...
