ventilation

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...