We are replacing an Xpelair DX100 in the ceiling of a shower room in the loft, which is extracting vertically through a very short stack. The fan and its back-draught shutter are not able to handle the strong gusts that we experience here. After about 18 months with a clattering shutter, and progressively increasing bearing rumble when the fan is running, the fan motor has gone open-circuit.
Please can anyone recommend something that's more up to the job?
Remove the outlet, extend to the eaves and fit an eaves outlet facing down. Removes the problem almost entirely
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear enough. The entire shower room is in the loft, so that suggestion isn't a practical option.
I kind-of give up with this problem. We have an "en suite" bathroom which is in a dormer. We used to have an extractor with gravity back-draught shutters and that that clattered away and allowed howling gales through, so I changed it for an Xplair one with powered shutters (like a tiny little venetian blind operated by a thermal thingy) and that's not significantly better.
We've gone back to cling-filming it over on cold/windy days...
:o(
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