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by ed404
Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:20 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: draughts in my new house
Replies: 9
Views: 4087

[quote="Perry525"]Modern homes are built with as few holes and as insulation as possible to enable them to comply with the building regulations. One wonders why the council would ask for air bricks? Do you have an open fire? Or a boiler that does not have a balanced flue? A large gas burne...
by ed404
Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:18 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: draughts in my new house
Replies: 9
Views: 4087

[quote="stoneyboy"]ed404, I assume you are referring to air bricks which ventilate the space under suspended floors. In this case you should not seal up the airbricks or you will get wet rot in the suspended floor. Where are the draughts you refer to coming from? end[/The draughts are comi...
by ed404
Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:16 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: draughts in my new house
Replies: 9
Views: 4087

Dear Stoneboy

most of the draughts are coming from where the giproc wall boards meet the hdm flooring
by ed404
Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: draughts in my new house
Replies: 9
Views: 4087

draughts in my new house

I have had a new house built and we get a lot of wind at the back where the kitchen is. I have lamenate flooring and lots of air bricks. Usually i get lots of draughts in this room but i recently covered the air bricks with a wall tile, not fixed. Is there a better solution as it seems crazy that pl...
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