I wasn't sure where to post this, so apologies if it's in the wrong place.
Single storey cottage with two bedrooms and living/dining room. I have a wood burner in the living room which makes that room nice and warm. Warm air doesn't circulate around the house particularly well, meaning the living room can be 25C and the two bedrooms significantly colder, down to 12/13C in the winter. I was wondering about putting a louvre in the living room ceiling and running a 150mm insulated duct to a similar louvre in one or both bedrooms, assisted by an inline bathroom extractor fan. The idea being warm air at ceiling level would be extracted from the living room and moved to the bedroom/s, which would slowly push air out of the bedroom back along the hall towards the living room . Duct length would be around 3m. Would plan to have the inline fan controlled by an on/off or timer switch in the bedroom.
Is this likely to be completely ineffective, or have some potential?
Any building regs I need to be aware of e.g. breaking a fire barrier (plasterboard ceilings)?
Total cost probably around £50 which I'm happy with, but don't want to spend hundreds.
As it's single storey, loft access it easy and I have spare insualtion I can simply drape over the ducting. Is it worth doing?
X is the fire in the living room. B1/B2 are bedrooms. Ducting location shown, going over the hall ceiling and down through bedroom ceilings.
Thanks.
Single storey cottage with two bedrooms and living/dining room. I have a wood burner in the living room which makes that room nice and warm. Warm air doesn't circulate around the house particularly well, meaning the living room can be 25C and the two bedrooms significantly colder, down to 12/13C in the winter. I was wondering about putting a louvre in the living room ceiling and running a 150mm insulated duct to a similar louvre in one or both bedrooms, assisted by an inline bathroom extractor fan. The idea being warm air at ceiling level would be extracted from the living room and moved to the bedroom/s, which would slowly push air out of the bedroom back along the hall towards the living room . Duct length would be around 3m. Would plan to have the inline fan controlled by an on/off or timer switch in the bedroom.
Is this likely to be completely ineffective, or have some potential?
Any building regs I need to be aware of e.g. breaking a fire barrier (plasterboard ceilings)?
Total cost probably around £50 which I'm happy with, but don't want to spend hundreds.
As it's single storey, loft access it easy and I have spare insualtion I can simply drape over the ducting. Is it worth doing?
X is the fire in the living room. B1/B2 are bedrooms. Ducting location shown, going over the hall ceiling and down through bedroom ceilings.
Thanks.