Hi all
Every year over the winter I have a problem where my kitchen is extremely cold. I'd say this isn't normal room cold, its basically always freezing in comparison to anywhere else and seems to be a an actual problem causing it, you can also feel cold air on your feet, seemingly coming from the direction of the external wall so it seems to be a draft getting in. I've had to buy additional electric heaters to put in the area to take the bite out of the cold over the colder months.
I finally want to try and sort it this year as we have a baby in the house and am looking for any advice on how best to identify what's causing the issue, including is there any specific thermal monitors or anything that's worth buying that might show cold spots?
My suspicion on possible causes are
1) I have a pipe chase that runs from the loft, down the inside of the external wall, to the kitchen. My loft is freezing also so could be cold air coming from here.
2) some sort of gap in the external wall. The wall is roughcast on the outside and it looks intact, there is an unused tumble dryer vent, I covered this with foam last year but it didn't help. I can't get access to the inside of the wall due to kitchen units (not sure how easy these are to dismantle?) But it's possible some of the brickwork is removed for some reason?
3) there are vent bricks to the outside below floor level, possible cold air coming through here and up through the floor?
Sorry for the long post but I'm basically just hoping for some advice on how best to identify and fix what's going on, any help much appreciated.
Every year over the winter I have a problem where my kitchen is extremely cold. I'd say this isn't normal room cold, its basically always freezing in comparison to anywhere else and seems to be a an actual problem causing it, you can also feel cold air on your feet, seemingly coming from the direction of the external wall so it seems to be a draft getting in. I've had to buy additional electric heaters to put in the area to take the bite out of the cold over the colder months.
I finally want to try and sort it this year as we have a baby in the house and am looking for any advice on how best to identify what's causing the issue, including is there any specific thermal monitors or anything that's worth buying that might show cold spots?
My suspicion on possible causes are
1) I have a pipe chase that runs from the loft, down the inside of the external wall, to the kitchen. My loft is freezing also so could be cold air coming from here.
2) some sort of gap in the external wall. The wall is roughcast on the outside and it looks intact, there is an unused tumble dryer vent, I covered this with foam last year but it didn't help. I can't get access to the inside of the wall due to kitchen units (not sure how easy these are to dismantle?) But it's possible some of the brickwork is removed for some reason?
3) there are vent bricks to the outside below floor level, possible cold air coming through here and up through the floor?
Sorry for the long post but I'm basically just hoping for some advice on how best to identify and fix what's going on, any help much appreciated.