Smart Vent Vinyl Buck

Smart Vent now offers a pour-in-place vinyl buck, which allows its 16″-by-8″, 16″-square, and 32″-by-16″ stainless steel foundation flood vents to be installed directly into concrete forms. Made of construction-grade PVC, the bucks eliminate the need to create an opening manually and can accommodate standard full and nominal foundation-wall thicknesses.The smallest Smart Vent offers 200 square feet of coverage, and every model is designed to protect against hurricanes, flash floods, and corrosion. smartvent.com

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