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We are receiving more and more enquiries as people become aware of the high cost of conventional air conditioning on their pockets and the environment. Moisture Cure offers alternatives to addressing the ongoing problem of how to cool your home, office or warehouse effectively and economically.

Sub Floor Ventilation

The subfloor of your home is the area under the floor boards. This area can become damp or wet for a variety of reasons:

• When the air flow is restricted due to the air vents in the brick work being blocked, either by shrubs or structural obstructions
• When surface water or subterranean water runs under the foundations and is unable to drain away, or
• When there is insufficient clearance between the floor and the earth.

All of these conditions will allow mould mildew to grow and breed, creating the ideal living conditions for termites, rats and mice and other nasties too horrible to think about. In other words, your subfloor area becomes very unhealthy for you and your home.

Solutions

The two methods we know and use with great success are an extraction (and or inlet) fan or a ducted extraction fan system. Both systems are straight forward, relatively uncomplicated, inexpensive to run and are long term solutions.

Edmonds Eco Fan

This is a purpose built, rust and corrosion resistant motorized fan that is installed in the foundations of your home between the earth and the under side of the floor.

Principle

The principle behind this method is simple. The EcoFan extracts as much as 4000 litres of damp, stale, smelly air per minute and this air is then replaced by clean fresh air sucked in through the existing vents in the brickwork. One Ecofan is usually adequate for a normal family home but in some instances we will recommend two EcoFans. They are designed to work 24 hours per day, but the power cost will be less than $6.00 per year - great value! We also estimate the motors have a life of around 7 years.

Ducted Inline Fan Extraction System

Unlike the Ecofan this Inline Fan uses ducting to transfer/transport air throughout the subfloor area. The system is then ‘balanced’ by adding baffles, so the airflow can be regulated evenly throughout the entire length of ducting. The damp, stale air is sucked from all points within the subfloor area. Each project is unique so the design will depend on the building structure.

Commercial

In commercial situations, larger homes or areas where it's impractical to install EcoFans, an Inline Fan Extraction System is recommended.

Moisture Cure can install these units in most areas and they can easily be installed by the average handyman.

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