Hello all,
I moved in to a new build 2 months ago. I’m up to 89 on the snagging list, and I’m not being picky either - Not surprisingly the builder is virtually ignoring me. Anyway, I took the en-suite extractor fan off last week to tile the wall. There was a flexible hose - the kind you use for a clothes drier vent, just lying coiled (unstretched) in the cavity, not attached to the fan or the outside vent. I tried to reach in and attach it to the vent but the cover was flush against the brick so there was no way it was going on. It also seemed too big. Today I checked the other fans: Bathroom - as per the en-suite - no attempt to connect the hose to either side and obviously not even tried. Next was the cloakroom: no hose and no hole through the building! Cooker extraction: my wife wouldn’t let me take it apart but thinking about it, there was a hose in the cupboard next to the cooker hood when I move in so I think I know how that is going to go when I check. My questions are:
1) why is it no one is accountable for this stuff? The council have my list with other such problems and so do the builders and nothing:-/
2) shouldn’t the hose be a solid connection? ... pipe or something.
3) should the vent on the outside have louvres? The wind howls through
4) how could this pass an air-pressure test and should I have had a certificate proving a test was done?
See pics re. A above issues - 3 different fans. Any advice appreciated, thank you.
I moved in to a new build 2 months ago. I’m up to 89 on the snagging list, and I’m not being picky either - Not surprisingly the builder is virtually ignoring me. Anyway, I took the en-suite extractor fan off last week to tile the wall. There was a flexible hose - the kind you use for a clothes drier vent, just lying coiled (unstretched) in the cavity, not attached to the fan or the outside vent. I tried to reach in and attach it to the vent but the cover was flush against the brick so there was no way it was going on. It also seemed too big. Today I checked the other fans: Bathroom - as per the en-suite - no attempt to connect the hose to either side and obviously not even tried. Next was the cloakroom: no hose and no hole through the building! Cooker extraction: my wife wouldn’t let me take it apart but thinking about it, there was a hose in the cupboard next to the cooker hood when I move in so I think I know how that is going to go when I check. My questions are:
1) why is it no one is accountable for this stuff? The council have my list with other such problems and so do the builders and nothing:-/
2) shouldn’t the hose be a solid connection? ... pipe or something.
3) should the vent on the outside have louvres? The wind howls through
4) how could this pass an air-pressure test and should I have had a certificate proving a test was done?
See pics re. A above issues - 3 different fans. Any advice appreciated, thank you.