Wind coming through air vent.

Gumbyman2000

Hi,

I have a gas fire in the living room which I rarely use. There is an air vent on the wall and sometimes (especially today!) the draft coming in is pretty bad. The room is pretty cold now. What can be done? I know I need to keep the air vent for the fire but is there anything I can do to keep the wind from gusting through the house?

Thanks,
Gumby.

DoneDL

Try to google Baffled wall vents, you still get the air movement that complies with the regs but with a lot less draught.

KoolKid

Moved to DIY

gsxr1

Turn the internal vent cover upside down. It will direct the draft up to the ceiling and not the floor.

Never baffle or block any air vents.

DoneDL

gsxr1 wrote: »

Turn the internal vent cover upside down. It will direct the draft up to the ceiling and not the floor.

Never baffle or block any air vents.

Ventilators designed to reduce draught and muffle outside noises to the maximum. Daylight does not show through them. Simple three part assembly (cowls, liner, and internal louvre). Designed to be fitted with screws or mastic. All Draughtbusters meet BS 5440 : Part 2 : 2000, BS 493 and BS 5871 : Part 3 requirements. DB5

Fits through a circular (127 mm) hole. Equivalent free area of 75 cm². Through wall length: 300 mm to 380 mm (12" to 15") telescopic. For appliances up to 22 kW Net, (24 kW Gross

Baffled vents are designed to be used with gas appliances hence the advice

kkelly77

DoneDL wrote: »

Ventilators designed to reduce draught and muffle outside noises to the maximum. Daylight does not show through them. Simple three part assembly (cowls, liner, and internal louvre). Designed to be fitted with screws or mastic. All Draughtbusters meet BS 5440 : Part 2 : 2000, BS 493 and BS 5871 : Part 3 requirements. DB5

Fits through a circular (127 mm) hole. Equivalent free area of 75 cm². Through wall length: 300 mm to 380 mm (12" to 15") telescopic. For appliances up to 22 kW Net, (24 kW Gross

Baffled vents are designed to be used with gas appliances hence the advice

Have you used one of these DoneDL? Interested in hearing if they work or not. Thanks.

DoneDL

Yes they work, it would be a very common vent in the UK with gas fires or gas fired back boiler units.

mad m

I have the standard wall vents with the 4inch wavin going through the cavity...The Baffle vents, do you have to use the 4/5inch tubing that comes with it or can I use whats already there? Any place in Dublin I can get these?

kkelly77

DoneDL wrote: »

Yes they work, it would be a very common vent in the UK with gas fires or gas fired back boiler units.

Good stuff. I interested in them more for the noise reduction than anything else. The vent in the bedroom means you can hear everything outside. Quite annoying.

jamesd

See here:
http://www.airflow-vent.co.uk/draught.htm

http://www.areco.co.uk/core-drill-vent.htm

http://www.areco.co.uk/pdfs/core-drill-vent.pdf

http://www.timloc.co.uk/Products/Underfloor_&_through_wall_ventilation/Core_drill_vent_anti-draught_ventilators/product.aspx?id=715

I am interested in some product for this too, as I have 3 vents downstairs that let a very bad breeze into the rooms.