We have a 1930's house that we are restoring and the fireplaces have all been ripped out by the previous owners. We plan to restore them at a later date, but in the meantime we are going to just plasterboard them in while we attend to more urgent matters around the house.
Now I was under the impression that a small airvent needed to be fixed in the boarded up chinmey to let air into the room and let the chinmeny stack breathe.
We are using a good builder who as done alot of good work around the house so far, but he has insisted that we don't need the airvents and the rooms and both the chimneys will be fine just boarded in without the airvent.
Can someone advise?
Now I was under the impression that a small airvent needed to be fixed in the boarded up chinmey to let air into the room and let the chinmeny stack breathe.
We are using a good builder who as done alot of good work around the house so far, but he has insisted that we don't need the airvents and the rooms and both the chimneys will be fine just boarded in without the airvent.
Can someone advise?