Hi all,
My air brick 'vents' into the bottom of a flower bed
I've had a typical rear extension on my victorian terrace so that my kitchen has been extended into what was the side return. The suspended timber floor used to have an air brick that vented into the side return. Now that the side return no longer exists, the contractor added some duct from the original location of the air brick to vent out of the side of the new wall.
In the picture below, the air brick used to be below the french double doors that you can see in the top left of the picture. It now is routed beneath the steps and even under the floor so that it vents out of the side wall (the one with breeze blocks in the picture).
However, he put the new air brick below the damp proof course so that it vents directly into the bottom of my neighbour's planter. I.e. straight into the bottom of 2 foot of soil.
I.e. the air brick is burried in the far corner at the bottom of this planter:
The new party wall is a cavity wall with london stock on the outside and breeze blocks on the inside. I'd welcome suggestions as to how I can move that air brick up above the planter.
I know I can get some telescopic cavity vent kits like this, but they are designed to be installed at the time of construction. Can they be retrofitted at all?
Here's a floor plan sketch if it helps:
My air brick 'vents' into the bottom of a flower bed
I've had a typical rear extension on my victorian terrace so that my kitchen has been extended into what was the side return. The suspended timber floor used to have an air brick that vented into the side return. Now that the side return no longer exists, the contractor added some duct from the original location of the air brick to vent out of the side of the new wall.
In the picture below, the air brick used to be below the french double doors that you can see in the top left of the picture. It now is routed beneath the steps and even under the floor so that it vents out of the side wall (the one with breeze blocks in the picture).
However, he put the new air brick below the damp proof course so that it vents directly into the bottom of my neighbour's planter. I.e. straight into the bottom of 2 foot of soil.
I.e. the air brick is burried in the far corner at the bottom of this planter:
The new party wall is a cavity wall with london stock on the outside and breeze blocks on the inside. I'd welcome suggestions as to how I can move that air brick up above the planter.
I know I can get some telescopic cavity vent kits like this, but they are designed to be installed at the time of construction. Can they be retrofitted at all?
Here's a floor plan sketch if it helps: