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David Hearn
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Trickle vents in replacement windows
On 11/02/2011 15:42,
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Possibly out of date, but I did check with our BCO when I did our loft
conversion, and he would have been happy with the two position lock
instead of the trickle vent...
Yes, it's still the case that a locked-partially-open position is an
acceptable alternative to trickle vents.
However building regs do insist on some of permanent background
ventilation.
That can be a whole-house ventilation system, ventilation bricks, or
window trickle vents.
There's a formula for the vent minimum area based, based on floor area
of the room, but can't recall the % right now.
Is that the case for window replacement (if the existing windows do not
have any permanent background ventilation), or just for new
builds/extensions/conversions etc?
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