Trade rated extractor fans for a pub

[opps]

Hi all.

The extractor fan in my local pub (sit down part of) the gents has failed after 6 months.

It is only a cheap Xpelair, controlled by a PIR in the ceiling.

Xpelair VX100 100mm Extractor Fan

A compact and easy-to-install 100mm extractor fan for bathrooms, shower rooms and toilets. The single-speed fan delivers an extraction rate of 73m³ per hour, and its short spigot makes it ideal for shallow wall or ceiling installations. Comes with standard operation.• 100mm extractor fan with...

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The manager would rather a fan that will last years rather than half a year.

Do trade rated 4" fans exist?

 

[Mottie]

It is only a cheap Xpelair, controlled by a PIR in the ceiling.

The manager would rather a fan that will last years rather than half a year.

A dear Xpelair?

 

[Murdochcat]

Get it replaced under warranty

Icon units are long lasting and to be recommended

 

[opps]

Get it replaced under warranty

Icon units are long lasting and to be recommended

I did recommend buying another and take it back each time it fails and ask for a refund and then buy another but that won't work because the wires can't be left exposed. That said, if he buys another, that can be fitted and then he can take the old one back and get a new one, meaning that he can swap them out immediately in future.

I do have an Icon at home. It is probably about 12 years old, but it only runs once or twice a day. His loo fan runs for 10-11(?) hours a day.

 

[SUNRAY]

The domestic fan fitted would probably not be covered under the warranty for commercial use.

 

[JohnW2]

It is only a cheap Xpelair, controlled by a PIR in the ceiling. .... The manager would rather a fan that will last years rather than half a year. Do trade rated 4" fans exist?

I may be wrong, but the products offered by many/most suppliers as "trade" ones seem often to be about the cheapest (and 'nastiest'??) ranges that they sell?

 

[SUNRAY]

Perhaps the term professional rather than trade, I've certainly dealt with many Xpelair's in commercial situations but they tend to be larger sizes (maybe) starting at 9" and £200 ish

 

[JohnW2]

Perhaps the term professional rather than trade, I've certainly dealt with many Xpelair's in commercial situations but they tend to be larger sizes (maybe) starting at 9" and £200 ish

Well, yes, but I think you're talking primarily about the difference between different sizers/flow rates, aren't you, regardless of who buys them and where they are installed, Ranges/brands of "trade" products usually include plenty of small/modest ones such as would be bought and used by members of the public, but they tend to be cheaper (and 'nastier'??) than the mainstream 'advertised to, and sold to, the public' ones.

I think the OP is probably looking for something which one might call a "premium" product. However, one has to be careful even with that since, as we know from supermarkets etc., most of the difference between ordinary/everyday products and 'premium'/'finest' .whatever often seems to be primarily just the packaging and the price