In our previous article, we looked at a couple of different ways that intermittent extractor fans can be controlled. These are the fans that you regularly see in bathroom walls or ceilings, and hopefully keep your bathroom or cloakroom fresh and dry! If it's not - if the bathroom is damp or smelly - you
It's all very well having an extractor fan, but what controls it? How does it decide when to come on? How does it know when to turn off? There are several options, and they all look pretty similar from the outside. In previous articles, we’ve talked about why extractor fans are important, and how much
Let's be honest, the first thing most of us look at when we're picking up an extractor fan is the price tag. Particularly if we're on a price and the client hasn't specified anything fancy, we just want something that is going to get the job done. So why is there such a range of
To be honest, we thought the Manrose Gold 100mm Bathroom Extractor Fan that we tested before was pretty good value - if a little noisy, and not much to look at. The Manrose Standard 100mm Bathroom Extractor is the even-cheaper little brother. This fan isn't going to win any prizes for it's design. It's chunky and
When you pick up an extractor fan from your local electrical factors or builder's merchant, you're probably looking at the price. Maybe you'll scan the back of the box, where the manufacturer makes some claims about how fast it can extract air from your bathroom or cloakroom. So if the manufacturer has tested the fan
Clutching a whole penny change from a new twenty-pound note, PEATA was happy to bring the Manrose Gold 100mm Bathroom Extractor Fan back to the test bench. This isn't even Manrose's cheapest fan. As you'd expect from a budget fan, it's not much to look at, but is still perfectly inoffensive. When we did the flow
This premium bathroom extractor fan is by far the coolest-looking extractor we've tested so far! But novelty only gets you so far - we put it on the test bench to see how it performed. This space-age extractor fan has a swirly shutter that slowly opens when you turn it on. It’s kind of mesmerising,
Modern homes are pretty airtight, and as the building regs tighten up - more insulation, fewer air leaks - this is only going to increase. We covered this in more detail in our recent post "Why is good ventilation important? Now we know that ventilation is required, the next question is "how much?". Whether you’re
In our recent review of the Magnuss MAGAF105T bathroom extractor fan, we discovered that using the cavity-wall kit supplied - tube and gravity back flow preventer - it did not comply with the current building regs. Today, we received their response. We're pleased to say that Magnuss acknowledge our findings, and will stop supplying this
Envirovent is a big name in domestic extraction, and is one of the more widely-used brands by builders looking for something one step above the own-brand budget models. The Envirovent Silent 100 is installed all over the country, and this popular fan certainly lives up to its name – it’s one of the quietest fans