Foundation vents provide critical cooling and ventilation for evaporation of moisture from your crawl space, cellar, or basement. Being at ground level and vertical, foundation vents may be susceptible to ember attacks. The Vulcan Vent was designed with embers in mind!
Vulcan Fire Stop Honeycomb Matrix with Screen Mesh built into galvanized steel frame
Net Free Vent Area: 62 Sq.in.
Vulcan Vent matrix is 1/4" hexagon expanded aluminum, coated with an intumescent coating. The coating swells up when exposed to high temperatures and closes off the cells, effectively blocking off fire & ember intrusion
The Vulcan Vents was designed to meet the new California Building code SFM 12-7A of the California Wildland-Urban Interface fire code program