Can anyone advise on what kind of airflow I should expect under my property. I've not had cause to stick my head under the floorboards on many occasions however, whenever I have I have felt a decent through breeze under there. I've just had some building work near completion and the builders blocked 4 out of the 5 original Airbricks to the rest of my property when constructing my extension despite the approved plans specifically stating that they should not be blocked.
Cutting a very long story short they now say that the air bricks (and therefore subsequent under house airflow) has been reinstated.
Now, I opened up a trap door which is situated pretty much in the middle of my house and I could feel little or no air. To test this I replaced all but one of the 5 cut pieces of floorboard which forms the trapdoor and held a long piece of thin tinfoil down it.
There was no movement whatsoever. I now fear that if I don't stamp my feet with the builders and the planning department over this now I c pulled regret it in years to come.
Should there be an evident draught, particularly on windy days?
The builder also floored my extension but left a large puddle about 1 inch deep at one side (due to short busts of poor weather during the build) in my extension solum? I would have expected him to dry it out first but he just shrugs that I'll dry out. In my opinion there is much less chance of this due to what I see as poor air circulation underneath.
It has taken the gloss off of what has been an otherwise good build.
Any advice on what I could or should do would be appreciated.
Thanks
Cutting a very long story short they now say that the air bricks (and therefore subsequent under house airflow) has been reinstated.
Now, I opened up a trap door which is situated pretty much in the middle of my house and I could feel little or no air. To test this I replaced all but one of the 5 cut pieces of floorboard which forms the trapdoor and held a long piece of thin tinfoil down it.
There was no movement whatsoever. I now fear that if I don't stamp my feet with the builders and the planning department over this now I c pulled regret it in years to come.
Should there be an evident draught, particularly on windy days?
The builder also floored my extension but left a large puddle about 1 inch deep at one side (due to short busts of poor weather during the build) in my extension solum? I would have expected him to dry it out first but he just shrugs that I'll dry out. In my opinion there is much less chance of this due to what I see as poor air circulation underneath.
It has taken the gloss off of what has been an otherwise good build.
Any advice on what I could or should do would be appreciated.
Thanks