Dri-Eaz Turbovent 48 Owner's Manual

Dri-Eaz Turbovent 48 Owner's Manual

Turbovents interair drying system for walls, floors, and other structural areas

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OWNER'S MANUAL
SAFETY • WARRANTY
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS • MAINTENANCE
TURBOVENT 48
TURBOVENTS
INTERAIR DRYING SYSTEMS
For Walls, Floors, and Other Structural Areas
PURCHASE DATE:
SERIAL NO:
___________________________________
____________________________________________
DEALER:
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THIS MANUAL CONTAINS IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS. PLEASE READ THESE WARNINGS
BEFORE USING THE TURBOVENT AND SAVE THIS MANUAL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

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  • Page 1 OWNER'S MANUAL SAFETY • WARRANTY OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS • MAINTENANCE TURBOVENT 48 TURBOVENTS INTERAIR DRYING SYSTEMS For Walls, Floors, and Other Structural Areas PURCHASE DATE: SERIAL NO: ___________________________________ ____________________________________________ DEALER: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THIS MANUAL CONTAINS IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS. PLEASE READ THESE WARNINGS...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    DRI-EAZ PRODUCTS • 15180 Josh Wilson Road, Burlington, WA 98233 • www.dri-eaz.com • (360) 757-7776 helps reduce the risk of shock or fire in the event of an TABLE OF CONTENTS electrical hazard. SAFETY INFORMATION......... 2 Keep Children Away: Do not allow children to WARRANTY............
  • Page 3: Principles Of Operation

    INSTALLING A TURBOVENT 48 tributor or Dri-Eaz Products, Inc. at (360) 757-7776. Whether drying walls, ceiling surfaces or floors, the TurboVent 48 is intended for use on the floor located against a flat wall surface. Wall moldings and PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION...
  • Page 4: Installing Mini-Turbovents

    Installation procedures for Mini-TurboVents are air opening facing up to dry walls with a sheet of air, or similar to those for the TurboVent 48. Remove mold- down when forcing air into wall cavities or under ings and baseboards as needed to allow the vent hardwood floors.
  • Page 5: Application #1

    Mini-TurboVents will fit the toe-kicks of built-ins not less than 3.5” high. Air from either the TurboVent 48 or Mini-Turbo- Vents helps ensure that sensitive materials do not deteriorate from exposure to moisture. It also prevents delayed growth of mold, mildew, and wood rot from moisture left trapped in the wall.
  • Page 6 TurboDryer is approximately 18 inches wide and expands as it moves away from the TurboDryer. Using the TurboVent 48 attachment, the air emerges in a 48 inch wide pattern, over 2.5 times greater than the TurboDryer alone. Using the three vents from a Mini- TurboVent Kit, three 24-inch-wide swaths create a total of 72 inches wide or more.
  • Page 7: Application #3

    TurboVents. Other brands have not been tested by 2. Cut Holes Dri-Eaz and may experience a motor temperature rise Locate ceiling joists and, between each, cut a series that is unsafe in high pressure applications.
  • Page 8 can be completely dried, thereby eliminating the need NOTE: The length of time that the wood remains for expensive removal and replacement. saturated is a major factor in the amount of permanent damage to hardwood flooring. It is strongly recom- Frequently, after drying, some refinishing will be mended that the drying process be started as soon as required.
  • Page 9 Subsurface Drying of Hardwood Floors wall. This gap is exposed when the baseboards or Air travels from the TurboDryer through the Turbo- moldings are removed. This gap becomes the ventila- Vent to the subsurface side of the flooring. The air is tion opening through which air will be forced under the forced beneath the floor via a narrow ventilation flooring.
  • Page 10 DriTec desiccant dehumidifier may reduce humidity to Effective Drying Area of Hardwood Flooring under 10%, which is very helpful in rapid drying of all One TurboVent 48 can effectively dry a section of woods including hardwood floors. floor 48 inches or 4 feet wide; each Mini-TurboVent can dry a section 24 inches or 2 feet wide.
  • Page 11: Maintenance

    content of the wood is at or below the required Cracks remaining after the drying process can percentage before refinishing. See note below and usually be repaired. A trained hardwood flooring tech- check the Moisture Content Map on the last page of nician can easily fill cracks with a wood putty material.

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