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Our downstairs neighbours have installed numerous airbricks to tackle damp issues. These have caused a severe draught in our bathroom and the interior walls are colder. Should the vents be sleeved?
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.47 PM
The airbricks appear to just introduce cold air into the cavity i.e. there are no ducts or cold bridges. One vent is adjacent to the wastepipe from our bathroom, and I think this is causing the draught. I also wonder if the cavity wall is classed as a party structure, so we should have received notification of the intended action.
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Anonymous user
The air bricks should be sleeved into their property, otherwise they are venting the cavity as well.
Check they havent installed the vents in the floor void.
Answered2 February 2012
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Anonymous user
yes if they are going straight through the cavity ie extractor vents or underfloor vents. but sadly there is nothing wrong with putting vents into a cavity thats how houses used to be built. it sadly makes them cold places though
Answered2 February 2012
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