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Re: Ventilation to understairs cupboard....Mid terrace house


  • Subject: Re: Ventilation to understairs cupboard....Mid terrace house
  • From: "noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:12:04 -0000

hmm think me needs to get into my loft and have a look, at the moment
its all unboarded so need to get boards up there anyway, want to have
a look where cables come from and what i can do with them!
]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Gumbrell"
<david.gumbrell@...>
wrote:
>
> Surely you mean ducted via the loft to the outside ? Hate to think
what
> dumping a load of wet air into the loft will do to your roof timbers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> On 8/29/06, Chris Miles <chrismiles@...> wrote:
> >
> >   My bathroom does not have a window and is ventilated into the
loft?
> > surely this is just the same?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Gumbrell
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Ventilation to understairs cupboard....Mid
terrace
> > house
> >
> > I suspect that ventilating your landing cupboard directly into
the
loft
> > may
> > have fire issues, you'd want to check that idea out carefully.
But I
> > imagine
> > that ducting _via_ the loft would be do-able.
> >
> > I ventilated my Node-0 (sited in the loft) using a pair of vents
that
> > slide
> > in place instead of slates plus a continuously rated inline
extraction
> > fan.
> > I get a bit of chimney effect, so the fan doesn't have to run all
the
> > time.
> > The downside of loft as Node-0 is transmitted noise into the room
below
> > and
> > the extra routing of cables from ground floor to loft.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David
> >
> > On 8/29/06, noel_pilot <HA@...
<HA%40adrenalinone.co.uk>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry...another new house question, the second of many I
think!!
> > >
> > > I have an almost perfect Node 0 location, my understairs
cupboard is a
> > > near walk in cupboard in my lounge.
> > >
> > > Only trouble is it has zero ventilation and being in the
middle
of the
> > > house and me being in a mid terraced house doesn't appear to
have any
> > > options for ventilation!
> > >
> > > Any suggestions!? Or do I have to consider finding a way to
re-assign
> > > Node 0 as the loft, (lots involved with that as it's not
even
boarded
> > > at the moment :( )
> > >
> > > I also have a cupboard on the landing which again has no
ventilation.
> > > If i was to use that could I supply ventilation through the
roof of
> > > the cupboard i.e. directly into the attic?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Noel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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>










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