Recent content by vonatt

appreciate your input guys... thanks. still don't quite know the best way to tackle this :-/ there's just no straightforward way of doing it. (ie: one thing is going to lead to another). i think the *best* (but not the easiest) solution will be to lower the level of the airbricks on the...

what's under the floor? are the floorboards sitting on suspended joists? (off the ground) is the area under the floor ventilated via airbricks?

sorry, forgot to say... yes there's a chimney breast, which accommodates the back boiler for the central heating (plus fire on front). the house was being sold so the timber floor was replaced a couple of years ago as i knew it needed doing (and boy oh boy it was baaaaaad). the solid...

rh2 i know nothing about forced ventilation, will have to look it up. johnd, i live in a semi, but the timber floor is sandwiched between the party wall and the solid construction floor on the ground floor of the other side of the house, also the conservatroy does run accross the full width.

thanks for your reply redherring2 :D :D much appreciated. my preference would be to have a solid floor installed but at this point in time that's not an expense i can afford. recently had to have the solid floor of the other half of the house (just over half actually) done, and it cost...

ok, slight update. i'd assumed putting bigger/extra airbricks in would be simple enough, but having actually looked i don't think it's possible. the bricks there at the mo are the clay type and look to be 9x6in. directly below there's the thick line of mortar (dpc of some sort?) and the...

hi all. newby virgin here. i've been having a mooch around these message boards and have found lots of useful info, but wondered if there's anyone out there who can give advice for my particular question. there's several parts to it really so i'll try and break it down. long story short...

muddling through!