ventilation

Hello All. 1950's house - when we moved in a few years ago, it had poor heating and poor ventilation. Condensation and black mould was the result, unsurprisingly. Heating has been greatly improved by way of new rads and a log burner. But the ventilation is still really bad. Thinking that...

Hi all, Recently I have noticed condensation falling back down through the extractor fan in my ensuite bathroom so went into the loft space to check it out. I noticed the ducting was not insulated which I know I need to sort out from reading other forums on here but also noticed there appears...

483A799A-86F9-4DEA-ABBA-23ACD106D0DB by Carlaesen posted 13 Jan 2021 at 5:27 PM79B341A4-2CC6-447A-91C7-0BB84275923A by Carlaesen posted 13 Jan 2021 at 5:27 PM Dear Forum, It is my first time posting and I am hoping I can get some advice as I am a worried tenant and I would like to seek...

Hi all, I’m after some advice on a condensation issue I’ve got in my recently built shed. I’ve read various forum posts but can’t seem to find a solution to my problem. The floor is 25mm ply timber suspended. Standard stud walls with feather edge cladding and no internal sheathing yet...

Hi, I’ve got a fairly unusually designed house in that we’ve got a smaller lower roof section with soffits above the ground floor( see pictures) The house is cold all the time ( especially the hall way) and I’m convinced it’s due to the shear number of ventilation holes we have in lower soffit...

Hi all, I have recently bought a house (1920s/30s) and want to insulate my loft. Currently there is about 100mm of fiberglass between the joists and floored with chipboard. I really need the loft for storage so rather than add extra glass wool I want to use multifoil under the rafters - it looks...

I used to have an internal wooden "sound baffle" over the passive air vent on the wall in the spare room which was great at keeping the sounds of the nearby road at bay. Unfortunately it was warped so I removed it when I decorated and replaced it with a simple air vent cover. Now I'm using the...

Hi, I'm currently doing some work on the front garden to take the ground level below Dpc level and have removed paving slabs from the whole area. However after removing the ones in front of the front door, it's exposed the sub floor beneath the hallway. There's no outer brick skin present just...

Hi all Just looking for some advice. I have built a summer house which is cladded with Hardie Plank followed by a breathable membrane. The frame is built with 4x2 and I'm using Rockwall at 75mm for the insulation. I fixed the cladding directly against the membrane and frame so I want to create...

Hi, I live in Glasgow in an old tenement building, top floor (2nd floor). I want to get my bathroom renovated, but I'm concerned about the ceiling and ventilation in the bathroom. On the ceiling I have wooden planks and believe there is a cavity between the ceiling and loft to aid...

Sorry, think I posted this in the wrong place in "Building" and here would be more suitable. Wondering about the logic/sense of providing ventilation through the fascia boards. I realise that usually you would vent through the soffits or have some over-fascia ventilation but I have neither...

We suspect that one of the toilets (en-suite) in our flat has been built without building regulations approval about 8 years ago (by previous owners). Our freeholder now understandably requires us to check the works have been done to a good and safe standard, and we’re having to apply for a...

Hi, I’m currently renting a room in a mid-terrace maisonette. Generally the insulation is really good, but there are a few annoying draughts in my room. There is an air brick underneath my room, and the draught comes through between the carpet and the skirting board (I think). I tried to seal...

We have just removed a patio in our garden because we realised it had been laid on top of decking so the whole thing was moving. We thought we'd take it out ourselves and see what was underneath it before deciding what to do next. The patio was tiles laid onto decking which we thought was a...

Hi, In the last 6 months we have purchased a house we have been renovating and have had nothing but issues :). The latest is heating and keeping it warm we have had all new central heating installed which does get the house warm but it soon loses its heat. I think this is related to the fact...

Hi, Before I ask anything at all, I am just going to start off with a disclaimer that I will not be undertaking any electrical work myself, I am just looking for general advice. I've lived on the top floor of a purpose built 4 storey apartment block for a few years now. Up until a couple of...

Hello, Below the floorboards, the last owner of our property (a later Victorian terraced house) had recently (2018) installed fibreglass insulation, which they have pinned up in rolls between the joists. I'm worried about some damp we have in the house, and so I pulled up a floorboard and...

Hi all, My home has an issue that during its many years of life, number of very questionable building choices have prior to my moving there The worse of which is the lack of ventilation of the space beneath the ground floor. On top of that, the back of the house has a concrete floor...

Hi all, My house dates back to about 1885. Mid terraced, redbrick, lime pointing and plastered inside with lime plaster. When carrying out some renovations I noticed a lot of blown plaster on the internal face of an external upstairs wall. I think that at some stage previous owners had used a...

I'm viewing some flats just now (built 1970) and am looking for some guidance re ventilating the bathroom in the flat I’m really keen on buying (Flat A). Sorry if this is a bit long-winded, but it’s the only way that I can describe the situation. I just need to know what my options are before I...