Stud partition in bedroom - do I need ventilation?

Apehead · 29-04-2015 09:42PM #1

I am splitting a double bedroom into 2 singles by putting up a stud wall with rock wool insulation to help sound proof. There will be a window in each room. Do I also need to add ventilation by putting an air vent over the doors or something like that?

whupdedo · 29-04-2015 10:30PM

No need for that. The window is sufficient

slimjimmc · 29-04-2015 10:46PM

whupdedo wrote: »

No need for that. The window is sufficient

Only if the window has trickle vents surely?

Apehead · 29-04-2015 10:56PM

slimjimmc wrote: »

Only if the window has trickle vents surely?

No trickle vents on windows

29-04-2015 11:21PM

Ventilation means that air passes through the room. So it needs a way in, and a way out. This is typically achieved by an opening on the wall - either the window or a ventilation hole and the small gaps around the door to the room. Here is a fun game. On a breezy day go to any room in your house and close it till just a crack, the width of your little finger or less remains open. Now put your face up to the crack and you ought feel a breeze. This is the natural ventilation for the room.

Si ideally you want a trickle vent on the window or a ventilation hole. And you want a door which is not a perfect airtight seal.

Ventilation requirements are specified in building regulations: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,1647,en.pdf

whupdedo · 29-04-2015 11:50PM

slimjimmc wrote: »

Only if the window has trickle vents surely?

Obviously

Stud partition in bedroom - do I need ventilation?

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