"Robin" wrote in message
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I'm decorating a room where the fireplace was closed up many years ago
without any ventilation. There are no signs of damp in the chimney; and
the risks of it should be reduced further now we've had the chimney capped
with a "pepper pot" vent. But I'd like to provide a bit of ventilation
from the room to guard against condensation in the chimney. Also the
windows have no trickle vents (and being aluminium framed I can't fit
any). I'd prefer a vent we can close when it's parky and blowing a gale.
Something like a round soffit vent in the skirting board might be OK but I
can't find any which are closable. I don't fancy a plastic hit-and-miss in
the wall or skirting board (we're not houseproud but there are limits to
what 'er indoors will stick). All I've found so far are trickle vents for
windows which I think I could fit to the skirting boards by just drilling
a line of holes. (I'm not up to router work.) Any other ideas please?


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Robin
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Not cheap, but the circular ones at the bottom of this page might fit the
bill?

http://www.inbrass.co.uk/acatalog/Closeable_vents.html