Ventcover.com.au is a small family operated business, that came about after it found that we were not getting the best performance for our heating dollar.
Like most families we need to have a cool house in the Riverina summers, however, we found as the story below tells we had trouble maintaining a warm home in the winter and were losing money in the process.
Janette of Kooringal had this very idea because she was so concerned at the loss of heat through her large evaporative air-conditioning vents during the winter months. She noticed that heat in the house flows directly up through the air conditioning vents and into the atmosphere. Open vents were making rooms a lot cooler, so she was not looking forward to her next heating bill.
To reduce this heat loss she tried blocking the vents with plastic cling film just before the onset of winter. Janette noticed her rooms stayed warmer for longer and that her heating bill was lower than normal with the vents covered.
Janette thought that there had to be a better alternative to plastic cling wrap – it wasn’t a good look when visitors came over.
Janette tried contacting various companies and government agencies for a solution but found nothing. However, an internet search turned up “Heat Saver Australia” – a company founded by Adrian Cotter and located in Parkes N.S.W.
Adrian designs and manufactures (that’s right, not made in China) a range of low profile Heat Saver vent covers that neatly fit over the air-conditioning outlets in the home or office – without the need to close the directional vents.
When contacted by Janette, Adrian traveled from Parkes to install the first Heat Saver vents in Wagga Wagga. The fitted cost was low and Janette thought she should be able to recover the initial outlay within the first year or two.
Covering unused vents can save the householder around 20%* of their heating costs and reduce green house gas emissions. A sensible and practical approach to saving money and the environment.
*Twenty per cent is a significant saving, particularly for people on fixed incomes or pensions.
