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No airbrick for the first floor

pieroabcd
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Hi,
I've noticed that while I have airbricks at the ground and second floor to aereate the subfloor I don't have it at the first floor.
I imagine that the airbrick was present and later covered by the kitchen extension installed 10 years ago by the previous owners.
I'm wondering if this lack poses a risk for the subfloor. I have some decent space around the heating pipes that provides some airflow (at the touch it feels like there's some cold air movement) and I can also remove one lightbulb from the downlights below, but is it enough to provide enough areation?
Last summer I opened a large part of the subfloor boards and I noticed that they were quite dry, not even remotely damp.
Thanks
I've noticed that while I have airbricks at the ground and second floor to aereate the subfloor I don't have it at the first floor.
I imagine that the airbrick was present and later covered by the kitchen extension installed 10 years ago by the previous owners.
I'm wondering if this lack poses a risk for the subfloor. I have some decent space around the heating pipes that provides some airflow (at the touch it feels like there's some cold air movement) and I can also remove one lightbulb from the downlights below, but is it enough to provide enough areation?
Last summer I opened a large part of the subfloor boards and I noticed that they were quite dry, not even remotely damp.
Thanks
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Comments
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Air bricks are only required at the ground floor, to ventilate the void from ground moisture. The upper floors don't need them.0
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nice to know! Thanks.0
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Only old houses with fires would have air bricks into the room.0
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