[pure-silver] Re: light tight louvered vents

  • From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:47:51 -0500

They ARE light tight. I can't speak for watertight.
Bob
 On Feb 18, 2012 9:31 AM, "shannon Stoney" <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I'm building a small outbuilding for my new darkroom. I am planning to use
> light tight louvered vents that you can buy pre-manufactured, from BH
> photovideo or Adorama. My contractor is worried that these won't be truly
> light tight or water proof: he thinks that rain will come through them, or
> that they might not be really light-tight. I was thinking they could go on
> the south exterior wall of the building under the eaves, but he thinks they
> should draw air from  a little vestibule where they can be protected from
> weather. The one I have now IS protected from weather in that way, but I
> didn't think that it had to be.
>
> Does anybody have any experience with whether these plastic vents are
> truly light tight and water tight when they're on the exterior of a
> building?
>
> Thanks.
>
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