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When C/S created the industry's first aluminum louver in 1948 it was designed for one purpose: to provide air exchange for the building's occupants and mechanical equipment.

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leaky louvers

All louvers let air get into buildings, but the problem is they also let rain in, and if there is sensitive equipment behind the louvers it can get ruined.

leaky louvers

Over the years C/S and other louver manufacturers developed a lot of louvers intended to stop rain, and in the still air tests conducted by AMCA, many of these louvers seemed effective at stopping water. But those tests didn't account for wind driven rain.

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In 1993, C/S built America's first wind driven rain test chamber. Our engineers now test all C/S Louvers under real world conditions. The result–Storm Resistant Louvers that keep 100% of water out of buildings.

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C/S Storm Resistant Louvers are 20 times more effective at stopping rain than conventional louvers. All of our Storm Resistant Louvers meet BSRIA, HEVAC and AMCA wind driven rain test standards.

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