When we moved into our new house there was heaviness in the air in the living room, it was always warm but it felt damp. It turned out that our chimney was blocked and as soon as it was removed the room had proper air circulation. I’m not sold on making my home airtight. Yes it may make the house warmer and retain more heat but IMO a home needs air circulation to keep the house and its inhabitants healthy. Having said that I still open to convincing.
Sorry, there was a vent in the living room but it turned out that one of the builders accidentally dropped a bag of cement down our chimney. It's just that the difference in the air quality was amazing
Not as funny as our faces when the cement came tumbling down into our living room
Heat recovery system.
A builder has advised these are next best thing to useless. Suggestion is to install traditional hole in the wall vents. My experience with these however is not positive, due to heat loss, drafts etc and have heard most people just block these up anyhow.
Anyone know of other options ?
I have vents up high on the walls. There is no heat loss or drafts. Reconsider.
Can you explain how that works please.
I never heard of them before tbh. I understand that some ventilation is usually a good thing, for chimneys and rooms in general. Then of course you have open vents if you have gas etc. What do you with them?
Incidentally can you get vents for bathrooms, with a electric fan that actually seal when no in use? I've WC which is pretty exposed corner of the house and I think that its a major draught problem. I was thinking of putting a cowl on it, but it there another option?
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