"Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk" wrote in message
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BigWallop wrote:

It would be best to install a couple of high level air inlet points on your
downstairs floor. Keep them up near to the ceiling height so they don't
suck
cold air in at floor level and have your feet freezing in the winter months.

Presumably then a retro fitting of window vents into the other 3
bedrooms and one in the boiler room door will spread the air intake
across all bedrooms reducing the surges in the main bedroom (only vented
one)

I am presuming you can just buy and "cut in" window vents to UPVC window
frames? which would be better than a brickwork/ducting alternative?

TIA
Pete


That sounds a good way round it. I don't know what type of windows you have,
but I'd expect there should be something in the way of vents available for them.

If no vent systems are forth coming for the windows, then a series of 10 mm or
16 mm holes drilled through the walls, at close to ceiling height, would do just
as well. You can buy cheap and cheerful plastic grilles for the inside and
outside to make the holes look pretty. Remember not to get external grilles
with anti-blow back flaps, and make sure the grilles for the outside have insect
mesh installed in them

You don't need a hell of a lot of air intake, just enough to keep the air
circulating rather than dragging directly through the house.