Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I couldn't make my mind up which section fitted best.
Anyway, we have a late 70s house which has an internal vent pipe for the main bathroom.
It runs up in the corner of the bathroom (which is tiled in) and goes through the corner of the loft and it through the tiles. It also goes down below the bathroom into the hallway below where it must connect to the main drains underground.
My issue is that it seems to feel very cold where it is boxed in. We don't really notice in the bathroom but in the hallway it feels very cold. It does have a UPVC front door next to it but there doesn't seem to be any drafts from that. We are just decorating the hallway now. I can't really put anything in the outside of the boxing in as the depth can't be increased as the door would hit it (so insulated plaster board etc is it of the question)
Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions for a remedy? The only thing I could think was blowing in insulation through a few holes like they do for cavities but finding someone to do that might be fun. Would that cause any other issues?
We currently don't have cavity wall insulation and have been advised against it as we are exposed to the one side and neighbours who have had the cavity wall insulation now have damp issues from that side. But that is another topic.
Anyway, we have a late 70s house which has an internal vent pipe for the main bathroom.
It runs up in the corner of the bathroom (which is tiled in) and goes through the corner of the loft and it through the tiles. It also goes down below the bathroom into the hallway below where it must connect to the main drains underground.
My issue is that it seems to feel very cold where it is boxed in. We don't really notice in the bathroom but in the hallway it feels very cold. It does have a UPVC front door next to it but there doesn't seem to be any drafts from that. We are just decorating the hallway now. I can't really put anything in the outside of the boxing in as the depth can't be increased as the door would hit it (so insulated plaster board etc is it of the question)
Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions for a remedy? The only thing I could think was blowing in insulation through a few holes like they do for cavities but finding someone to do that might be fun. Would that cause any other issues?
We currently don't have cavity wall insulation and have been advised against it as we are exposed to the one side and neighbours who have had the cavity wall insulation now have damp issues from that side. But that is another topic.
