Engineered Specialty

Trickle ventilators are small ‘openers’ concealed within a window or curtainwall’s horizontal members, allowing fresh air to ‘trickle’ into the building and providing natural ventilation without the need for operating windows or sliding doors.

Ideal for hospitality and commercial building where untended wide-open windows can seriously affect the facility’s heating and cooling costs, trickle ventilators let in a modest, but effective, amount of fresh air on an ongoing basis, while allowing stale air to exit. The use of trickle ventilators helps keep ‘sick building syndrome’ at bay; the build-up of contaminants can result in illness or chronic poor health for the inhabitants of a building with little or no ongoing air exchange.

Larger widths of the Trickle Ventilator allow for greater air flow. Air flow can be further increased through the use of air extract fans.

Trickle ventilators also are effective in combating occasional bouts of condensation, especially as may result from showering or bathing in a hotel room. A small amount of air flow is often all that is needed to dispel the deposition of moisture around the window.

Trickle ventilators, normally sized based on the width of the glazed opening, are manually opened and closed. Available in a range of colors to match the window or curtainwall members, they are the true ‘invisible vents’. They provide comfort and security to the building’s clients and inhabitants, while not affecting the aesthetics of the building exterior cladding.