Hi,
I have an unused chimney stack in my houes. It goes from my living room and up through bedroom.
The fireplace has been plasterboarded closed. Now I know that unused chimney stack should be ventilated but was wandering wha the best way to go about this is.
Should I just cut away some of the plasterboard away on the top of the boarded in fireplace and cover with a grill vent or should i actully drill into the chimney stack and vent in the living room and then also in the bedroom.
I will be renting a core drill in a few weeks to vent my kitchen extractor so it should be to hard to drill some more holes in the chinmey stack at various levels in the house.
If I kep it simple and just vent the fireplace I assume this will work as passive stack ventilation, which is a good thing..right?? If I vent the actual stack at various levels will i loose this passive stack effect and are there any benefits to venting at various levels.
Thanks for any advice
al
I have an unused chimney stack in my houes. It goes from my living room and up through bedroom.
The fireplace has been plasterboarded closed. Now I know that unused chimney stack should be ventilated but was wandering wha the best way to go about this is.
Should I just cut away some of the plasterboard away on the top of the boarded in fireplace and cover with a grill vent or should i actully drill into the chimney stack and vent in the living room and then also in the bedroom.
I will be renting a core drill in a few weeks to vent my kitchen extractor so it should be to hard to drill some more holes in the chinmey stack at various levels in the house.
If I kep it simple and just vent the fireplace I assume this will work as passive stack ventilation, which is a good thing..right?? If I vent the actual stack at various levels will i loose this passive stack effect and are there any benefits to venting at various levels.
Thanks for any advice
al