In the nineteen seventies a Telecom engineer created a fanforced ventilating system for sub floor areas that would replace passive vents whether brick size or terracotta size. As now clients can take control of their sub floor ventilation needs and not be at the mercy of the wind or the lack of it to aerate their sub-floor areas.

After an amalgamation of two other partners Solarfan was born. Solarfan was the first fanforced company to develop brick size and terracotta vent size sub floor ventilating systems. Solarfan being the market leader of its time had rigorous testing carried out by Unisearch in the 1970's. Unisearch was a very intensive testing and research facility, contracted to research and examine commercial products. Consulting and expert opinion from UNSW is now known as UNSW Consulting & Unisearch, a division of New South Global. This accreditation was a fundamental testing process which other ventilation systems do not comply to.

In the 1980's other companies copied the Solarfan idea in design or principle. Some products don't even resemble the Solarfan product, however the concept of fanforced systems for subfloor areas was based on the Solarfan model (except for in-line fan systems). For many years Solarfan was the forerunner in sub floor ventilation and helped various companies in supplying sub floor fanforced systems in Sydney and Melbourne, however in 2001 it ceased trading.

In 1994 I joined the ranks of Solarfan and was directly trained by the respective managing directors in sub floor ventilation from 1994-2001. In that time I have witnessed great customer results but also some installation inadequacies, which made Solarfan not reach its full potential. The knowledge and experience gained during this time was the foundation of better things to come.

In 2001 I had the opportunity take over where Solarfan left off. My first mission was to upgrade the fan mechanism, to increase its longevity and develop a complimentary product to the Solarfan range which is now called the Envirofan.

From the Solarfan days Envirofan sub floor ventilation systems went further in product quality. In 2001 the fan mechanism was upgraded as new technology was made available. The upgrade was due to the fan impeller design which delivered an extra 10% more airflow from the previous sub floor ventilation design. The other factor was that since sub floor areas are quite corrosive, Envirofan took measures to increase the longevity of its sub floor ventilation system.

As the managing director I believe with the current technology and with the implementation of improvements that we have undertaken the quality of Envirofan sub floor ventilation system is at is at its pinnacle up to now and when new technology is made available it will be considered to make Envirofan sub floor systems even better.

Just remember - "If it is not Envirofan, it isn't one"