Hi,
I am currently flooring and insulating my loft but I’m a bit worried about the lack of ventilation. The house is a 1960s semi with no soffit or tile vents. It does have a ventilated wall cavity but the space in the eaves above wall plate and between the rafters has been filled in with mortar. I don’t know if this was standard for 1960s houses or if the previous idiot owner decided that the loft was too draughty. (The previous idiot also had an open downlight in the bathroom, which had the effect of sucking all the moist air from the bathroom into the loft and creating masses of condensation in the loft. Anyway, rant over this problem is now fixed with new sealed downlights.) I am also thinking of fitting an airbrick at the gable to ventilate the loft via the cavity.
So, is this mortar at the eaves original to the house and is breaking it out the best way to ventilate the loft?
Thanks,
Iain
I am currently flooring and insulating my loft but I’m a bit worried about the lack of ventilation. The house is a 1960s semi with no soffit or tile vents. It does have a ventilated wall cavity but the space in the eaves above wall plate and between the rafters has been filled in with mortar. I don’t know if this was standard for 1960s houses or if the previous idiot owner decided that the loft was too draughty. (The previous idiot also had an open downlight in the bathroom, which had the effect of sucking all the moist air from the bathroom into the loft and creating masses of condensation in the loft. Anyway, rant over this problem is now fixed with new sealed downlights.) I am also thinking of fitting an airbrick at the gable to ventilate the loft via the cavity.
So, is this mortar at the eaves original to the house and is breaking it out the best way to ventilate the loft?
Thanks,
Iain
