ventilation

  1. J

    Quick question about air bricks

    Hi -- I've looked through the archive but can't find an answer to this particular question, so I apologise if it's a repeat. I've just moved into a mid-terrace Victorian house (c.1880) and I'm fixing up the suspended wood floor in the downstairs; this includes putting celotex in between the...
  2. thunt

    Pros and Cons - Passive vents in bedroom

    I'm social housing tenant and I had a survey from a company called Airtech as we have condensation on the bedroom windows. Recommendations were to change fans in bathroom and kitchen to ones with a humidistat, and install passive air vents in the 2 bedrooms. The housing emailed me with the...
  3. A

    Adding vents above patio doors

    Hi, I hope to install 10cm diameter round vents into the casing above our patio doors in the kitchen. My monitor tells me the space behind the plastic fascia is empty. Can anyone forsee a problem with this e.g. breaking weatherproof seals? I'm wondering about installing the vents external in...
  4. D

    Ventilation query fora sealed / Bricked up Fireplace

    Hi guys. New user....hope you can point me in the right direction. One of my rooms on the ground floor (of terraced house) has a bricked up fireplace but the chimney was not capped. I had that done a few years after moving in as paint work started flaking on one of the chimney's adjacent...
  5. J

    Vent packed with old newspaper??

    Hello folks, whilst getting ready to paint our upstairs box room to make it into a nursery, I unscrewed a metal grill vent, and found a small cavity packed with old newspaper. I'm fairly certain fungus-riddled newspaper isn't ideal for a baby's room but should I just clear it out completely (and...
  6. W

    Gas hob in internal kitchen (Scottish Tenement)

    Hi guys, Long time lurker. Remodelling a flat to convert recesses into an internal kitchen, very common in these parts. There will be no windows, just a door into the hallway. My question is this: am I allowed to have a gas hob in it? I thought it was allowed with the appropriate mechanical...
  7. B

    Floor void with high humidity

    We have a Victorian terraced house, with timber joists/floor on the ground floor. We have 3 double (flood proof) airbricks to the front of the property, however, at some point in the past a large extension was built across the entire back of the house with concrete floors and we do not have any...
  8. A

    Widespread white mould in loft. More ventilation or insulation needed?

    We have a sorted of converted loft space, which is carpeted, have plasterboard ceiling and a narrow staircase from first floor. After moved in 2 months ago, we noticed in the last 2-3 weekend that there are a lot white mould on the front ( north facing) and side of the ceiling, and it is...
  9. Montana78

    Building cloakroom toilet under the stairs on ground floor

    Hi Everyone. Just joined the forum today. I've bought some parts already to make a downstairs toilet for more convenience. I got a builder to get the job done. So far I have the way hung toilet pan+cistern, cloakroom sing & taps. I need to ask couple of advice.. 1: where will be the best place...
  10. F

    Condensation spot (vent plastered over?)

    Hi all, So I finally finished painting a house that the family and I moved into a few months ago and woke up this morning to a large patch of wet running what I believe is condensation in the living room. (File attached). Ironically I packed away all my paint brushes yesterday! I had a look at...
  11. S

    Does beam and block subfloor need ventilation?

    Hi all, My ground floor is of beam and block construction with a 150mm or so void underneath. I initially thought it had no airbricks whatsoever although I found out they had simply been covered / blocked by garden soil, patio slabs, etc. I've read that the void needs to be ventilated and my...
  12. K

    Help with Cross Ventilation - Flat Roof

    As my builder buggered off without putting in the soffit vents I had BC out last week and lo and behold it's changed and we need cross ventilation on the flat roof of my extension and we're not able to just put in the soffit vents on the front overhang, but rather being asked to do it from side...
  13. M

    Covering gas fire hole/flue and venting it.

    Hi everyone I'm not sure if this is the ideal area to post this, but I'm hoping you can help me make sure I've got the right idea about some work that needs doing in a house I'm buying. The place is a 1974 semi which originally had a gas fire. The current owners had this removed - the gas...
  14. DrWho

    Living-Room Wall Vent question

    I took of the square white plate from the living-room wall to find a circular hole going right through to the outside with nothing in-between apart from another white plate at the outside end wall. I have to say I removed the inside wall plate as I was curious to know why there was plastic...
  15. D

    Damp gable end

    Hi everyone First time buyer here who is keen to listen and learn from the experienced people. About 8 months ago we bought a 1930's end of terrace property. Since then we have noticed a significant issue with 'rising damp' and as such we have some dry-rot in the floor joists and floor boards...
  16. N

    New Rear Extension Application - Objection from Neighbour Re. Ventilation Openings on his extension

    We have submitted plans to build a new rear 4 metre extension to our mid-terrace house that is being opposed by our neighbour. The neighbour already has a 20 year old 4 metre rear extension built 300mm (12 inches) inside his property boundary. He has two ventilation openings (airbricks) on each...
  17. A

    Humidity and Odour Extraction from Bathroom

    I currently have a an in line duct fan controlled by a humidistat in my bathroom and it works well, extracting the air when I have a shower. Unfortunately the humidistat cannot tell when there is an unpleasant odour in there and I have been looking for another way to switch the fan on for 5...
  18. J

    How to best ventilate 18ft x 8ft wooden workshop

    I've just had an 18 ft by 8 ft wooden workshop installed. It's got no windows since I wanted to make it secure (it will house all my tools, bikes etc) and I *may* convert it into a cinema room at a later date. I've spent the last few days insulating it. After spending the past few months...
  19. P

    Tumble dryer vent in garage

    Hi All We`d like to get a tumble dryer for our garage and am looking at vented ones. The issue I have is that there is only one wall that I can put a vent on and that is about 6cm away from our neighbours garage wall so its impossible to get to from the exterior to fix a cover/flap, is that...
  20. K

    Best course of action for a roof with no ventilation

    We are busy renovating a property built in the 1930s. As we go along we inevitably find things that are a bit surprising, forcing us to change our initial plans. We would like to ask for advice on what the best course of action is to clad the upstairs area under the roof. The situation The...
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