Hi, I've googled this multiple times and I figure that after that many failures I could use a friendly ear. You guys turned up on a similar discussion so I figured I'd see what you think.
I'm living in what they term as a Wimpy no Fines house, which means it's walls are made by pouring two skins of concrete and filling the middle with what's best described as shingle.
Now as they had a naff boiler before all the rooms have at least one vent in them and they're big vents! We're talking like 8" diameter.
We have had the boiler replaced and the gas installer advised that we could block most of the vent up in the house. This wasn't much of an issue before but since we've had the windows and doors done it's a pain in the rear that there's still a draft! So I'm wondering what can be done to properly block these holes. I have been looking at black hole filters which look good but only come up to 5" diameter.
I've tried the vent covers but due to the position of the house and the vents these are inadequate to the point where in desperation I blocked the vent in the bedroom with expanding foam just to stop me waking up with a very stiff neck (it was either that or a bed scarf and I could really see myself being hung from that come the morning!).
So... any ideas?
I've read the suggestion of filling the hole with some kind of block and then plastering over it but I can see that leading to problems later so initially I'm trying to find some product which will fit to the vent or through it which blocks through draft and preferably a large amount of noise too.
Thanks for reading this far even if you haven't got an idea... I'm aware it's a lot to take in..
~X
I'm living in what they term as a Wimpy no Fines house, which means it's walls are made by pouring two skins of concrete and filling the middle with what's best described as shingle.
Now as they had a naff boiler before all the rooms have at least one vent in them and they're big vents! We're talking like 8" diameter.
We have had the boiler replaced and the gas installer advised that we could block most of the vent up in the house. This wasn't much of an issue before but since we've had the windows and doors done it's a pain in the rear that there's still a draft! So I'm wondering what can be done to properly block these holes. I have been looking at black hole filters which look good but only come up to 5" diameter.
I've tried the vent covers but due to the position of the house and the vents these are inadequate to the point where in desperation I blocked the vent in the bedroom with expanding foam just to stop me waking up with a very stiff neck (it was either that or a bed scarf and I could really see myself being hung from that come the morning!).
So... any ideas?
I've read the suggestion of filling the hole with some kind of block and then plastering over it but I can see that leading to problems later so initially I'm trying to find some product which will fit to the vent or through it which blocks through draft and preferably a large amount of noise too.
Thanks for reading this far even if you haven't got an idea... I'm aware it's a lot to take in..
~X