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What is a ventilation duct?
A healthy indoor environment supports your immune system, improves concentration, and increases overall comfort. To achieve this in your home, a continuous supply of fresh air is essential. Ventilation ducts — also known as air distribution ducts play a key role in making this possible, but what exactly is a ventilation duct?
A ventilation duct is a pipe/tube that supplies fresh air and removes polluted and/or humid air from your home. In simple terms, it helps keep your indoor air clean and healthy.
Building Regulations require that you should have your ventilation system designed, this will always ensure that, your system is sized correctly whilst using the correctly sized and type of ducting.
The importance of Good Design:
A well-designed system is crucial to avoid issues like noise, low performance, or excessive energy consumption. A proper design includes:
Balanced Airflow:
Ensures equal supply and extract rates, reducing the load on the fan.
Proper Duct Routing:
Uses rigid or high-quality semi-rigid, anti-static, and anti-bacterial ducts, ideally semi rigid ducting like Ubbinks Air Excellent System.
Correct MVHR Unit Sizing:
Prevents an undersized MVHR unit that could lead to poor performance.
Acoustic Modelling:
Uses sound attenuators (silencers) to ensure the system is inaudible.
Produce Data:
For example all the airflow requirements, any resistance values and a comprehensive Bill Of Materials.
Will Help The installer:
A design will provide the Installer with an eagle eyed view of the system layout with easy to follow instructions on how the system should be assembled.
Ventilation Ducting
Ducting can come in many shapes , sizes and materials, the most commonly chosen type is Semi Rigid for many reasons,
With Ubbink’s Air Excellent Semi Rigid ducting system, you can create a healthy indoor climate in any space. Our round and oval ducts are flexible, allowing for easy installation even in narrow shafts or compact areas. This makes them ideal for both new builds and retrofit projects.
Each duct features a ribbed outer surface, providing extra stability while making installation easier. The ducting is made in such a way that its impossible to create tight bends, or Radii , it's easy to install and guide in and around your house , saving hours of time cutting, sealing and taping rectangular duct.
A wide range of accessories are also available, including wall mounted controllers, optional sensors, filters, App Connectivity options and Sound attenuation.
If fitting ducting in cold or unheated spaces, the regulations say that it must be insulated, Ubbinks Aerfoam is pre insulated duct and can be used in cold areas ensuring that the connectivity to and from your MVHR Unit is 100 % airtight and that the risk of moisture forming is zero.
Concealed ventilation ducts
Concealed ventilation ducts are typically used in new-build homes, where the pipes/ducts are hidden within the ceiling and walls.
Semi Rigid Duct Systems offer many advantages over other types.
- Easier to achieve precise airflow rates
- Quieter operation
- A cleaner, more discreet finish
- 100% airtight
- Easy to Install
- Speed of Installation
Complete your system
Discover our total solutions!
We offer comprehensive solutions for residential ventilation, a unique specialty we take great pride in!
A complete Ubbink ventilation system comprises five components, from the ventilation unit to the finishing valve:
- Ubiflux heat recovery units: Extremely compact ventilation units for wall or ceiling installation.
- Air Excellent air distribution system: Flexible and modular.
- Aerfoam insulated pipe system.
- Roof Terminals: Suitable for flat and sloping roofs, both insulated and non-insulated.
- Haelix supply and discharge valves: Available in round and square designs.
From our unique position, we provide quick, accurate, and reliable advice on our ventilation systems, all from the comfort of your home.
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