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:) But why did the other posters say that it could happen? Also, I've read online about this happening to other people. I know these walls are not required to be airtight.

Hi many thanks for your post - I really appreciate it. Does it make any difference that the party wall is very thin? When I walked around town today, I looked at several semi detached houses on the streets, and they had big thick party walls between the 2 houses and also made out of brick.

But in general wo But in general are modern flats very unlikely to have any transfer of paint fumes through a timber framed party wall?

I appreciate that the levels coming through will be low, but when people said yes it could come through the party walls, is this that it most likely will have (but in a low amount) or is it likely that nothing will have come through at all? Would a brick party wall from a 60/70 year old house be...

I appreciate that the levels coming through will be low, but when people said yes it could come through the party walls, is this that it most likely will have (but in a low amount) or is it likely that nothing will have come through at all? Would a brick party wall from a 60/70 year old house be...

I would expect any fumes to be faint as it is seeping through a wall, so it's hard to say whether actually anything is coming though or not, which is why I thought I'd ask whether separation walls are built to be airtight or not, and whether they'd have moisture/ vapour barriers etc?

It's reassuring that I can't smell it, but that doesn't mean it hasn't come through as I would expect any odour to be faint anyway as is seeping through the wall. That's why I thought I'd ask whether party walls are built to be airtight or whether they are just flimsy plasterboard?

Part of my room sticks out, as does my neighbours, so our windows are opposite one another. I have seen them painting and gluing floorboards down and can smell the fumes in the corridor outside our flat.

What is a positive input vent? If I can't smell anything, then maybe that means nothing is coming through as varnishes and glue have very strong smells? I can never smell cooking smells through the walls either. So you're saying no type of wall, whether a new timberframed one or a 60 year old...

Would't the party walls have to be airtight? Otherwise moisture from sleeping in the room etc would get into the insulation and cause it to rot? Surely there will be some kind of plastic wrapping to prevent this, so therefore the air I breathe should be fine?

Would't the party walls have to be airtight? Otherwise moisture from sleeping in the room etc would get into the insulation and cause it to rot? Surely there will be some kind of plastic wrapping to prevent this, so therefore the air I breathe should be fine?

If I was living in an older house with brick walls would there be no chance at all because of the brick? I can't actually smell anything, but am still worried as my wife is pregnant and so it's not good to breathe in these fumes in such a tiny flat, and we only have one bedroom.

I live in a block of flats that were built in 2008. My next door neighbour is completely refurbishing their flat, and their bedroom shares a wall with mine. They have glued new floors down, repainted and varnished the wooden windowsills. Because it's winter, they haven't opened their windows. I...