Recent content by Sharfra

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Vent pictured below. We have soffit vents, no fan or extractor. The pipe that is freezing is a cold water supply to the toilet tank. It goes into the wall and heads straight down through the 2x4. There's no way to see where it heads. The wall cavity around the pipe is not cold. We think it...

That's right. Timber framed house in the US. My question I guess really is, is it EVER permissible to block or remove the ridge vent in extreme circumstances? Again we experience high winds constantly (the house is actually vibrating in the wind as I write) and when it's around 0* we have these...

You are right. Insulation should be adequate. We feel it's just the insane winds we have. The bathroom in question is above our kitchen. We can't tell where the pipe goes without tearing down our kitchen ceiling. Measuring the heat loss patterns is a good idea. And no- no gas heater in our...

We have a 2 story 15 year old home, high on an extremely windy hill. We have two problems which we think might be related to our ridge vents. First- We have a one story, 12 x 12 study that extends out from the main part of the house. It has about 16 feet of baseboard radiator. This room is...