Hi,
We've recently had a conservatory built that covers most of the back of the house. When the builders did the base they blocked the air brick from the kitchen but did not put a pipe in the concrete conservatory floor from the existing air brick to a new air brick in the conservatory dwarf wall as I have since learned is common practice. Most of the flooring in the kitchen/dining area (where the air brick was blocked) is timber floorboards and I am now worried that the lack of ventilation could lead to dry rot in the future.
An air brick can not easily be put in the side or remaining back wall of the house because that part of the dining room floor is concrete.
There are 2 air bricks in the front of the house which vent under the living room floor (also timber). The dividing wall under the floorboards between the living room and diningroom/kitchen is honeycomb pattern and therefore there are numerouse small holes for air to get between the living room and dining room/kitchen.
Would these holes be sufficient to allow enough ventilation to prevent dry rot in the floorboards and joists in the dining room/kitchen ? I am also concerned about the gas cooker in the kitchen and whether there would be enough ventilation if there was a gas leak.
Also - is the lack of an air brick likely to cause problems with a surveyor should we try to sell the house in furure.
Are there any building regulations that need to be met regarding air bricks that we would be breaking if we did not have one.
Apologies for the long post but any advice would be greatly appreciated. We will be speaking to the conservatory company tomorrow but any impartial opinions would be a big help.
Thanks,
Matt.
We've recently had a conservatory built that covers most of the back of the house. When the builders did the base they blocked the air brick from the kitchen but did not put a pipe in the concrete conservatory floor from the existing air brick to a new air brick in the conservatory dwarf wall as I have since learned is common practice. Most of the flooring in the kitchen/dining area (where the air brick was blocked) is timber floorboards and I am now worried that the lack of ventilation could lead to dry rot in the future.
An air brick can not easily be put in the side or remaining back wall of the house because that part of the dining room floor is concrete.
There are 2 air bricks in the front of the house which vent under the living room floor (also timber). The dividing wall under the floorboards between the living room and diningroom/kitchen is honeycomb pattern and therefore there are numerouse small holes for air to get between the living room and dining room/kitchen.
Would these holes be sufficient to allow enough ventilation to prevent dry rot in the floorboards and joists in the dining room/kitchen ? I am also concerned about the gas cooker in the kitchen and whether there would be enough ventilation if there was a gas leak.
Also - is the lack of an air brick likely to cause problems with a surveyor should we try to sell the house in furure.
Are there any building regulations that need to be met regarding air bricks that we would be breaking if we did not have one.
Apologies for the long post but any advice would be greatly appreciated. We will be speaking to the conservatory company tomorrow but any impartial opinions would be a big help.
Thanks,
Matt.