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MARCH 07 - ADDING FLAIR TO REGENCY STYLE

An ethos of “offering something different” is helping developer Contract Housebuilders optimise sales of its luxury apartments.

In its latest development, Grosvenor House in Cheltenham, where the 2 and 3 bedroom apartments sell for up to approx £1/2 million, Contract House Builders has included the Passivent Flair ventilation system to provide state-of-art ventilation that compliments the contemporary interior.

Jason Perkins, of Contract House Builders, explained, “The site is in the heart of Regency Cheltenham, close to the racecourse and the town centre, so planning constraints required good sound insulation and minimal penetrations through the exterior, with none permitted on the front façade. Using Passivent’s Flair system meant we could minimise penetrations through the wall, as it links the kitchen and bathroom extraction. It also meant we could offer our clients something different: the apartment is properly ventilated all the time without them having to turn extraction fans on or off, and without the noise inherent in traditional cooker hood extraction. It helped that the Passivent Flair system was flexible enough to accommodate all our kitchen designs, whether the extraction was on a wall or over an island!”

Each of the 24 apartments in the development features the Passivent Flair system, with the three penthouses featuring the hood over a central kitchen island, in line with current aspirations. Passivent Flair gives a complete turnkey package for kitchen, bathroom and en-suite ventilation, linking the kitchen extractor hood, and extracts in the “wet” rooms to one low energy fan discreetly positioned and ducted through the rear wall. The system minimises energy consumption whilst providing constant background ventilation without the noise associated with traditional mechanical extraction in these rooms: Passivent claims the cooker hood is the only silent kitchen extraction system on the market. The central, continuously running fan operates at low level until the cooker hood is switched on, which boosts the fan and opens a damper in the hood to extract cooking smells and moisture from the kitchen. Self-regulating, non-electrical extracts in the bathroom and en-suite ensure the correct, pre-set level of ventilation is maintained, even when the system is boosted by operation of the cooker hood. Ducting links all extracts and is vented to a single wall terminal for each apartment.

Passivent Flair means all rooms are properly ventilated to Building Regulations, but using only one system and wiring loop instead of at least two, and minimising the number of penetrations through the building exterior. Flair also minimises maintenance and occupant input to ensure a well-ventilated, odour- and damp-free home. A range of options in cooker hood designs enables the ventilation system to blend in with and enhance the overall apartment design.

Passivent Flair is part of Passivent’s comprehensive range of natural and assisted ventilation solutions which ensure correct, draught- and damp-free ventilation in line with current Building Regulations, from “whole house” to through-wall and window ventilation. Part of the Building Product Design Group, Passivent specialises in developing and bringing to market innovative yet practical products in line with changing requirements.

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