I wonder if anyone can give me some advice. I have a ground floor flat which I moved out of when I moved in with my partner. Since then the flat has been let. 2 years ago we installed double glazed windows, the flat had single glazed windows before then.
Last year the tenant complained of damp in the flat. We had the gutters checked and cleared and all seemed to be well, the dpc had not been breached, but this week he has complained of damp again. I showed a builder round today and he said he thought that the problem was that the windows are now too efficient and the problem is caused because the flat isn't ventilated regularly. The builder thought that air bricks might solve the problem but he wasn't 100% sure. There are no trickle vents on the windows and the tenant does have a lot of stuff in the flat which the builder said doesn't help.
Does anyone have any idea if putting air bricks in might help and, if so, where should they go. I'd appreciate any advice.
Last year the tenant complained of damp in the flat. We had the gutters checked and cleared and all seemed to be well, the dpc had not been breached, but this week he has complained of damp again. I showed a builder round today and he said he thought that the problem was that the windows are now too efficient and the problem is caused because the flat isn't ventilated regularly. The builder thought that air bricks might solve the problem but he wasn't 100% sure. There are no trickle vents on the windows and the tenant does have a lot of stuff in the flat which the builder said doesn't help.
Does anyone have any idea if putting air bricks in might help and, if so, where should they go. I'd appreciate any advice.