Does anybody know of a manufacturer that either fabricates standard (or even custom) fixed louvers of copper?
These are for a mechanical room air intake located on an exterior wall within a copper wall panel system.
I googled ‘copper louver’ and came up with “Copper Summit” which is a company listed on 4Specs under 10 7400 “Manufactured Exterior Specialties”.
Yeah, I found a few companies like that, but they’re mostly residential. I’m looking at rather large, commercial-type louvers that have performance ratings per AMCA 500-L on stock units of similar design using standard materials (I doubt anyone has actually tested a copper louver, but who knows?).
Coppercraft
http://www.coppercraft.com/product.php?product=4
excellent manuf
May be worth checking if large louver manufacturers like the ones below will fabricate in copper.
- Ruskin Company
- The Airolite Company.
- C/S Group of Companies.
- Airline Louvers; Division of Nystrom.
- American Warming and Ventilating, A Mestek Company.
- Arrow United Industries.
- Industrial Louvers, Inc.
Guess the question is who can provide the best installation-- a louver “guy” or a copper “guy”?
Consider using a manufactured and tested aluminum louver behind a decorative copper louver/grille. As long as the copper louver has a higher free area than does the aluminum air control louver, there shouldn’t be any performance issues.
Dave:
Thanks for the suggestion. I have mentioned that to the architects and I’m waiting on a decision from them.