air bricks

We're looking at re-doing our garden and patio which would Include an ACO along the width of the house and a paved step the width of the bifolds as the current step down is huge. Problem is the stwp would cover the air bricks. Read about leaving a gap behind the step to keep ventilation but...

Hi all, 1880’s semi detached house, been here about 18 months. Last week spotted a damp patch in living room on wall that is external (backs directly onto neighbours side access pathway that is at least 1 meter higher than my ground level!) Peeled back vinyl flooring to find a side of tide...

Hello all, I live in a 1960s ex-council house and I am looking to potentially get cavity wall insulation as the walls are always cold. I have some airbricks (as pictured) around the house in the cavity, but the floor is solid concrete as far as I know, so it leaves me to believe these are for...

Hi, we've had a conservatory build on the back of our '99 built semi detached house with solid foam insulated cavity walls. The walls have plenty of external air bricks at low level but since building the conservatory some of the air bricks are now inside the conservatory and let in a draft as...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a 1930s house with my partner but we're having a bit of a wobble over a few issues that FIL has pointed out and I am looking for advice over whether these are big issues or something that we can manage. We are admittedly not super knowledgeable and we are worried about...

Ok I’m trying my luck here hopefully trying to find answer. I have a 1930’s detached house, which has suspended wooden floors With joists that sit on timbers laid across small sleeper walls which are one / two bricks and a piece of slate (acting as DPC I guess). My issue is that all my air...

Hi All, I have just bought an old 2 story singleskin (no cavity) mid-terraced house that has suspended wooden floors throughout. Ive been hacking away at the ungodly amount of renovations that need doing and come across one that has me stumped... A more recent extension has been built running...