Under stairs pantry ventilation and cold...

xyz123

We have a small but very useful pantry under our stairs. I am guessing at one time there was a single glazed small window and this was then removed, bricked up and then a air brick put in.

I guess air brick is " good to have" for ventilation where food items are stored but I am not sure...

Issue I have is that it gets too cold in kitchen and I suspect it's due to this air brick which has quite big vents... Any thoughts on this?

Question is what can I do to better insulate these bricks and in particular the air brick which I am hoping can make the area a bit warmer... For now I have used some carpet underlay cut to size to cover the air brick but it's not very efficient I guess....

Thanks

prosaver

cling film or some stickyback sheet of plastic and poke a few tiny holes in.

Doozergirl

It's important to ventilate that area.

If you are using it for food, then the lower temperature is also a good thing.

I'd be inclined to draught-proof the door to the kitchen.

G_M

Do you use it for food storage?

If not, you could
* replace with a new double glazed window (perhaps with trickle ventilation)
* remove air brick and completely brick up

If removing all external ventilation, consider ventilating through to the main house.

Smiley_Dan

If it's connected to the kitchen, one problem could be moist air getting into the pantry and condensing on cold surfaces. Leads to nasty stuff.