David wrote:
On Oct 2, 11:40 am, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
David wrote:
On Oct 1, 3:11 pm, jal wrote:
We have an open fire, which we use occasionally during the winter. I
rather fancy opening up a vent in the floor, near the hearth, in order
to feed the fire with air from the vent, rather than it sucking draughts
in via the doors to the room.
Quite a timely thead for me this as we're having the living room floor
done and I was thinking that now would be the time to put such a vent
in. However, I have one doubt. I remember chatting to a damp
treatment bloke who told me that one of the problems with older
properties is that they get damp as they were (to paraphrase) meant to
be draughty and heated with coal fires. If I bring ventilation direct
to the woodburner, will I be depriving the house of a beneficial
airflow and exposing the house to the danger of damp/condensation?
Yes, if it is a crappy rotten old period house and you haven't damp
proofed it PROPERLY already.

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I'll start drilling into every stone and injecting the magic solution
immediately. After this, I will cover myself in lime mortar and dance
around the perimeter chanting. Then an electro-osmotic damp course....

Thats the spirit. Or get a concrete saw and slice the house a bit at a
time and lay a DPC..