Western Chutes® is the most flexible manufacturer in the industry. If you want it, we’ll make it. When it comes to convenient and user-friendly accessories, we have them all. The following are some of the more popular options. If you do not find what you are looking for, contacts us.
While the NFPA recommends that the chute vent should be full size through the roof, most building codes allow reducing the size of the vent down to 3″ diameter if you prefer. this provides the ability to easily shift the chute vent location. Venting horizontally through walls with louvers or caps is also available. Let us know your preference or limitations and we will work with you for the best solution to your chute design.
With every square foot of useable floor space at a premium more chutes are being located next to, and inside living spaces. Western Chutes® offers sound control options ranging from our standard asphalt based sound coating and Korfund isolation pads to 1/4″ thick mastic sound coatings and high-tech isolators. Contact us today to explain your situation and we will design for you an optimal sound insulation options as a solution for your chute and sound control needs.
While the best chute is plumb, without offsets (bends), sometimes bends in chutes just cannot be avoided. Our offsets are manufactured of #12 Gauge Satin Coat Galvannealed Steel (superior to others #13 Gauge Aluminized Steel) and are available with an additional #12 Gauge or heavier impact plate in heavy use applications. Structural steel support systems ensure a long-lasting chute system.
All of our intake doors are available with ADA compliant locking lever handle for applications where you must limit access to the chute doors.
Western Chutes® leads the industry once again with the new PLC controlled electrical interlock system. This system not only allows only one door open at a time, but it also bypasses doors which are not functioning automatically. Allows for complete system lock-out from the trash room below. Interfaces with trash compactors to lock out the chute when the compactor is full or at fault. Interfaces with Chute Doctor cleaning systems to lock the doors during cleaning. Interfaces with heat/smoke sensors and alarms to lock the chute and can be connected to just about any piece of electrical equipment you can think of. We’ve also eliminated those nasty relay switches at each door and replaced them with fault-free magnetic switches. It is the interlock system you have always wanted.
Chute intake doors can be furnished with thru-wall sleeves to permit the collection of rubbish or linen in single-floor buildings or on first-floor access to the chute discharge room.
The smell of rotting trash is the smell of unhealthful bacteria. Our “Chute Janitor” cleaning and odor control systems ensure your chute is clean and odor-free. From the basic addition of a sanitizing wash down unit at the top of the chute to the Chute Janitor multi-head disinfecting system and Chute Janitor patented bacteria-killing odor control system, we can design a system that’s right for your building and your budget.