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Do I actually need an air vent in my living room?

mad_rich · 2022-03-18 16:14:32

1920s terraced house, cavity walls insulated, double-glazed, gas central heating. Open fire in living room (used a handful of times a year, will be investing in a chimney sheep to close it up for the other 360 days). When I had the cavity walls insulated, I was persuaded to get an air vent put in my living room. I can't…

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bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite

19 March 2022 at 12:35AM

The last thing you need to worry about is the damp.

The vent is needed to provide the fire the fresh air needed for safe combustion.

Covering it up means that when the fire burns through the oxgen in the room the air turns toxic, turns to carbon monoxide, you feel drowsy fall asleep and die.

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