Vents in 'thick' skirting board...

wallbash

If there are corresponding air bricks . why the extra depth and fuss??
Why 'move' an air brick .

I'm in the process of purchasing a house built in 1928

Survey ?? ask the seller ??

phill99

"If there are corresponding air bricks . why the extra depth and fuss??
Why 'move' an air brick ".


I'm not suggesting an air brick has been moved. It looks like boxing in of some sort. I'm suggesting that the boxing in cover s an air brick. Therefore whoever did the boxing in has put a vent in the front of the new skirting so that the air brick (which will be behind the one we can see) is still effective.

wallbash

Seeing your argument, but that seems a lot ( massive ) of work ... why?

Could Fevvahz tell us if there are any more of these extended skirting boards with or with out vents??

And they do look very old.

phill99

Because, I'm assuming that whoever did the 'boxing in' realised that they shouldn't block up a vent, so they 'extended' the ventilation forward by cutting a vent into the new skirting. This is why it would be useful to know if there as a corresponding vent on the outside wall.

If there isn't then all of what I'm suggesting is completely useless and I have no idea!!!

Fevvahz

phill99 wrote: »

Is there a gas fire in the room or has there been one? If so you may find its the ventilation for that. Are there corresponding air beicks on the outside walls?

There's no gas to the house, the fire is coal at the moment. I do intend to have gas fitted. There is no corresponding air brick on the outside. I've added a picture to the bottom of the blog post.

wallbash wrote: »

Survey ?? ask the seller ??

I'm currently waiting for a survey to be done (I'm just impatient), and judging by the HIP questionnaire, the seller doesn't know all that much about the house I'm afraid. I understand she's elderly, and another family member is dealing with the sale.

wallbash wrote: »

...tell us if there are any more of these extended skirting boards with or with out vents??

Nope - there doesn't seem to be any elsewhere, just the back bedroom and the bathroom.

Plasterer

Found this, might help

A fresh air vent designed to allow fresh air to flow into a house at a controlled rate is disclosed. The vent consists of a rectangular box which can be inserted in or mounted on the interior surface of the wall of a room of the house, with the front panel of the vent being provided with an opening, which may be in the form of a plurality of small vent holes, which allows air to flow from the interior of the device into the room. On the back surface of the box there is located an opening which is adapted to receive the end of an air inlet tube, the tube extending through the exterior wall of the building to admit air into the vent box. A control valve is located within the box between the inlet and outlet openings, the valve being adjustable to regulate the flow of air through the box. This control valve is in the form of a slidable gate which may be moved across the opening to permit exact regulation of the air flow through the box. And guess what? - Invented in 1928

Fevvahz

Plasterer - superb thanks! :T Looks like the builders (ofthis house) were bursting with modern thinking! Where did you find that?

Plasterer

Fevvahz wrote: »

Plasterer - superb thanks! :T Looks like the builders (ofthis house) were bursting with modern thinking! Where did you find that?

Made it up

Just kidding, found it on google and cant find it now :rotfl:Ill have another look