Author Topic: Xpelair Fan Installation (Read 27497 times)

Madrat · « **Reply #15 on:** September 20, 2015, 08:38:23 pm »

We have a fan with a timer, turns it's self off after 15 min's, we had one that was Humidity sensing but it was a pain in the arse, would switch on in the middle of the night and scare the pants off you, didn't help that the council worker fitted it crooked so in hot weather it would catch and sound like a hornets nest

Never worked that great anyway. I fitted a pull switch to this one and an LED so you know if its on or on timer. Still get condensation on the walls and the sealant has gone black (grey if its been soaked in bleach) I have really hot showers as well.

beko1987 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 20, 2015, 08:46:56 pm »

Ours is ancient, and caked in crap. I got in there with the miele on full chat, and gently poked the fan so it monentarily stopped and chunks of dust flew off. A good wash and it may be half decent. The next time the cover falls off ill have a look, managed to refit it so it didnt vibrate so wont touch it now!

Tech12 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 20, 2015, 08:51:49 pm »

Hi madrat: If the fan was switching on without high room humidity levels, then you more than likely had a knackered sensor.
We used to have to fit humidi fans in all new builds & conversions we did. 1 firm i was subbing to
decided to subsitute a cheaper fan for the one's specified on the contract & we started having problems with random activation complaints, it was due to faulty humidity sensors. We ended up changing 50 of them in the end, really

me off.

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:24:37 pm »

What's loft insulation? I always thought it was when you convert the attic into part of the house with a proper staircase aswell, or is it just adding more yellow wool stuff?

Tech12 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:37:08 pm »

Yep: The yellow stuff ( fibreglass) is the insulation.

Dyson2000 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:41:22 pm »

Tech12: we have lots of loft insulation. It's just the walls, it's kind of acting like a lunch box lid

Dyson2000 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:46:39 pm »

Quote from: Tech12 on September 20, 2015, 08:51:49 pm

, it was due to faulty humidity sensors. We ended up changing 50 of them in the end, really me off.

What fans where they? I'm guessing they would be Xpelair, the council had to do a recall. There where thousands of fans replaced because of faulty humidity sensors, timers etc

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:51:47 pm »

Aahh I was thinking it wrong all these years...
Whats it called when you convert the attic to extend the house? We had that done about a decade ago and its fab

If I imagine my house without it, errgh tiny.

PS fibreglass? hmm, we have fibreglass roofing done on our house extension :) It's good, bathtubs are also made of it, they are water proof and solid. Our fibreglass thing for the roof was like a white fluffy thing instead of the wooly substance of insulation

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:52:41 pm »

Speaking of fans and heating/insulation stuff, we might be getting a Dyson hot

its bloody freezing in our house! D:

Tech12 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:56:25 pm »

Hi D2000, in post number 6 you said that looking into the attic "You can even see that there's no insulation at all"

Actually no they were'nt expelair, they should have been. Unfortunately the contractor decided to make some extra cash & buy chinese made fans instead.

Tech12 · « **Reply #25 on:** September 20, 2015, 09:58:15 pm »

Quote from: Parwaz7862 on September 20, 2015, 09:52:41 pm

Speaking of fans and heating/insulation stuff, we might be getting a Dyson hot its bloody freezing in our house! D:

Freezing ? The weather isn't even cold yet, you getting soft on us ?

Tech12 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 20, 2015, 10:17:43 pm »

Quote from: Parwaz7862 on September 20, 2015, 09:51:47 pm

Aahh I was thinking it wrong all these years...
Whats it called when you convert the attic to extend the house? We had that done about a decade ago and its fab If I imagine my house without it, errgh tiny.

PS fibreglass? hmm, we have fibreglass roofing done on our house extension :) It's good, bathtubs are also made of it, they are water proof and solid. Our fibreglass thing for the roof was like a white fluffy thing instead of the wooly substance of insulation

Your thinking of an attic or loft conversion, can make some good extra space if done properly.
The white stuff your thinking of is fibreglass matting, similar to the stuff they use for car body repair, it's not quite as itchy as the yellow stuff.

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 20, 2015, 10:31:25 pm »

Aah thats good info :) Thanks! PS our house has tiles everywhere downstairs and I walk barefoot at home and theres like large thin rugs downstairs only so it's quite cold, just cloudy weather these days too lol. I think I exaggerated a bit at the freezing part aswell :P

Dyson2000 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 20, 2015, 11:15:54 pm »

There is insulation in the loft. its the walls that have no insulation. if i go into the loft and go into corner lift up the insulation take this piece of wood to cover the pipes off and there is nothing and they should be insinuation there. it also causes this problem. and the bathroom was just painted very recently.

And yes here is our fan
Its a LV100HTAP, SELV (12v AC) fan with Humidity Sensor, Timer (2-20) and Pull cord witch bypasses the humidity sensor. we has a problem with it where it would never switch off after you had a shower or bath, turns out hey set it way too sentisive and the timer was set to 20min. we set it way low and a the timer set at 2 min and its great, sometimes it comes on during the night when its really cold but that's to be expected (i never can hear it in the bedrooms anyway because its that quiet.)

Tech12 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 21, 2015, 06:50:32 am »

Quote from: Parwaz7862 on September 20, 2015, 10:31:25 pm

Aah thats good info :) Thanks! PS our house has tiles everywhere downstairs and I walk barefoot at home and theres like large thin rugs downstairs only so it's quite cold, just cloudy weather these days too lol. I think I exaggerated a bit at the freezing part aswell :P

I was only teasing you mate

couple of times in the last 2 weeks I've had to put the heating on, my kids reckoned it was cold in here. I know what you mean about tiled floors being cold though