Hi,
I have a problem in that both the bedrooms in my 2 bedroom Victorian house have poor/no ventilation when the windows are closed.
Closing the windows at night in the front bedroom which faces onto a road is essential for a good nights sleep because of noise outside : cars, people, aircraft.
The room at the back facing onto the garden suffers less from outside noise, but its window is located very close to two boiler outlet plumes from our house and the neighbors, so it's usually best to keep it closed at all times.
Both the rooms are located on the upper floor of the house, they make up the entire upper floor. We are desperate for a quiet nights sleep with good quality air.
I have thought about it a lot and come up with various ideas for solutions, all of which I am very unsure about because I am not in the know about these kinds of things :
Solution A
Both the rooms used to have fireplaces which have since been blocked up. No ventilation grills were put in the walls to ventilate the chimneys as various sources have recommended to me. I could create these ventilation grilles/holes to try and create air circulation in the room. I am guessing air would be sucked out through the grills creating a vacuum into which fresher air from downstairs would fill via openings around the bedroom doors.
However :
i.) Would this work ?
ii.) What if air came down the chimneys into the rooms? Couldn't this bring soot, poisonous gases from other nearby chimneys, and other bad stuff with it ?
iii.) With the doors closed in the bedrooms, wouldn't this prevent air from being able to get into the rooms ? It's nice having the doors closed to prevent noise coming in from the rest of the house.
iiii.) We want to install a gas fire with new flue in the lounge underneath the front bedroom, which shares the same chimney as the front bedroom,
wouldn't this interfere with this plan for vent grill in the same chimney upstairs ?
Solution B
Fit acoustic ventilation grills into the upper part of the exterior walls of both the bedrooms. Again, concerned about the effectiveness of this option in terms of ventilation and noise reduction. Also, concerned it would look odd on the outside, especially at the front and not even sure this is OK with the council / no other house on the street seems to have one at the front.
Solution C
Some other much much better solution that I haven't even thought of yet !
Any advice hugely appreciated,
Thankyou.
I have a problem in that both the bedrooms in my 2 bedroom Victorian house have poor/no ventilation when the windows are closed.
Closing the windows at night in the front bedroom which faces onto a road is essential for a good nights sleep because of noise outside : cars, people, aircraft.
The room at the back facing onto the garden suffers less from outside noise, but its window is located very close to two boiler outlet plumes from our house and the neighbors, so it's usually best to keep it closed at all times.
Both the rooms are located on the upper floor of the house, they make up the entire upper floor. We are desperate for a quiet nights sleep with good quality air.
I have thought about it a lot and come up with various ideas for solutions, all of which I am very unsure about because I am not in the know about these kinds of things :
Solution A
Both the rooms used to have fireplaces which have since been blocked up. No ventilation grills were put in the walls to ventilate the chimneys as various sources have recommended to me. I could create these ventilation grilles/holes to try and create air circulation in the room. I am guessing air would be sucked out through the grills creating a vacuum into which fresher air from downstairs would fill via openings around the bedroom doors.
However :
i.) Would this work ?
ii.) What if air came down the chimneys into the rooms? Couldn't this bring soot, poisonous gases from other nearby chimneys, and other bad stuff with it ?
iii.) With the doors closed in the bedrooms, wouldn't this prevent air from being able to get into the rooms ? It's nice having the doors closed to prevent noise coming in from the rest of the house.
iiii.) We want to install a gas fire with new flue in the lounge underneath the front bedroom, which shares the same chimney as the front bedroom,
wouldn't this interfere with this plan for vent grill in the same chimney upstairs ?
Solution B
Fit acoustic ventilation grills into the upper part of the exterior walls of both the bedrooms. Again, concerned about the effectiveness of this option in terms of ventilation and noise reduction. Also, concerned it would look odd on the outside, especially at the front and not even sure this is OK with the council / no other house on the street seems to have one at the front.
Solution C
Some other much much better solution that I haven't even thought of yet !
Any advice hugely appreciated,
Thankyou.