Does every room need a wall vent?

paddy147

Quick question for you.

Do you need to have a wall vent in every room in a house.

In rooms like the living room,dining room or bedrooms?

What would happen if you didnt have a vent in a living room or bedroom.or if you blocked it up?

soldsold

Short answer is yes, however recent SIGA airtightness training course instructor scoffed at the idea of hole in the wall vents and suggested opening windows in every room every morning for a few minutes to purge the house of stale, moist air.

Heat recovery ventilation is IMHO the best way to give a healthy, fresh, comfortable house without the drafts that hole in the wall vents give, or the stale, smelly air and mildew that no vents give.

paddy147

soldsold wrote: »

Short answer is yes, however recent SIGA airtightness training course instructor scoffed at the idea of hole in the wall vents and suggested opening windows in every room every morning for a few minutes to purge the house of stale, moist air.

Heat recovery ventilation is IMHO the best way to give a healthy, fresh, comfortable house without the drafts that hole in the wall vents give, or the stale, smelly air and mildew that no vents give.

Thanks.:)

sydthebeat

paddy147 wrote: »

Thanks.:)

paddy, just to be clear....

what soldsold posted first about opening windows is NOT to be taken as compliance of building regulations ie you cannot do this!!!

either use permanent wall or window vents, or use a mechanical ventilation system.

paddy147

sydthebeat wrote: »

paddy, just to be clear....

what soldsold posted first about opening windows is NOT to be taken as compliance of building regulations ie you cannot do this!!!

either use permanent wall or window vents, or use a mechanical ventilation system.

Thanks.

The only reason why I was asking,was because the plasterer slabbed over a vent hole and then plastered over it in process.

Accident/oversight on his part,but no major hassle.

Something that will take me 2 minutes to sort out with a pad saw and screw a vent up.

I was just wondering about what would happen if I didnt get the vent back in the wall,and did every room have to have a vent?

Thanks for the advice.:)

soldsold

sydthebeat wrote: »

what soldsold posted first about opening windows is NOT to be taken as compliance of building regulations ie you cannot do this!!!
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Well spotted, I should have been more clear that I wasnt actually suggesting to do this.

Viking House

sydthebeat wrote: »

paddy, just to be clear....
what soldsold posted first about opening windows is NOT to be taken as compliance of building regulations ie you cannot do this!!!
either use permanent wall or window vents, or use a mechanical ventilation system.

Is that building regs or building guidelines, does one of them say that the room has to have adequate ventilation? Can a window be used to adequately ventilate a room?

sydthebeat

Viking House wrote: »

Is that building regs or building guidelines, does one of them say that the room has to have adequate ventilation? Can a window be used to adequately ventilate a room?

there must be two types of ventilation

1. is permanent background ventilation to provide fresh air and exhaust stale air

2. the other is rapid ventilation, provided by openable windows, to purge intense smells etc

both are require by the building regulations

paddy147

Sorted now.

Padsaw,cut out the small piece bit of insulated plasterboad that was blocking up the vent hole.

Put up plastic vent plate with the little grab nails provided.

Simples.:D