Advice needed for trickle vents

Kentuniversity

In 2008 my parents got a new French door installed in their main bedroom by a local company that was FENSA certified.

Their bedroom has always had condensation probs due to ventilation issues; especially during the night. They need to close to bedroom door for privacy and snoring issues (another member of the family has this problem and sleeps in a bedroom nearby).

One of my friends has advised me that the new French doors should have been fitted and supplied with trickle vents in order to comply with building regulations at the time during 2008.

Does anyone know if this is correct ?

My parents have advised that the company never advised them of trickle vents in 2008 and, if they had, they would have insisted upon them. I can also advise that there are no air bricks, etc. in the bedroom so it really does not have any ventilation during the night with the door closed.

Can anyone advise and help.

Many thanks.

arroli

Kentuniversity wrote: »

In 2008 my parents got a new French door installed in their main bedroom by a local company that was FENSA certified.

Their bedroom has always had condensation probs due to ventilation issues; especially during the night. They need to close to bedroom door for privacy and snoring issues (another member of the family has this problem and sleeps in a bedroom nearby).

One of my friends has advised me that the new French doors should have been fitted and supplied with trickle vents in order to comply with building regulations at the time during 2008.

Does anyone know if this is correct ?

My parents have advised that the company never advised them of trickle vents in 2008 and, if they had, they would have insisted upon them. I can also advise that there are no air bricks, etc. in the bedroom so it really does not have any ventilation during the night with the door closed.

Can anyone advise and help.

Many thanks.

We are waiting for our new french doors to be installed....Our building regs guy told us that they must include trickle vents as this is only means of ventilation in kitchen (no windows) but to be honest, we have had 4 double glazing companies quote for the doors, and not one of them offered/suggested trickle vents.....and to have them fitted costs a further few pounds!

muskoka

Trickle vents can definitely be fitted retrospectively, so you can still get them fitted.

I had all new d.g for my house & the idiot suppliers forgot to put trickle vents in ALL the windows. They did however fit them retrospectively and its fine.

McAzrael

If the new french doors were replacements, then they must not provide worse ventilation (trickle and purge) than those that are being replaced, or they must comply with the current regs. This was the case in 2008 and now. If the old french doors didn't have trickle vents then the new ones didn't have to. Even if they did, then the new ones would only have to have them if there is no other trickle ventilation in that room. If the doors weren't replacements then the work is beyond the scope of FENSA and your parents would have need to ensure compliance with building regulations in some other way.

In any case, trickle vents are usually quite easily fitted retrospectively.