Hi all
Hopefully somebody can help me come up with a suitable solution to what I imagine is a common problem.
I am building a new conservatory, the problem I have is that the base will cover 3 airbrick's from the rear of the house.
The house has a block and beam floor so I know that the airbrick's are the periscope type. I have discovered on this forum that you can buy a square to round adapter that joins to a 110mm pipe that can be run under the base to the outside of the new dwarf wall and attach to another periscope on to an airbrick , all I think I need to do with the existing centre air brick is chop out the course below and push it down and attach the square to round adapter and run it through under the base.
Does this sound feasible, and is it common practice ?
The other 2 airbricks are at each side of the centre 1, this is where I am struggling to find a solution.
They are both in exactly the same position in regards to where the new wall will join the house, so if you can imagine you have your airbrick in the last course of engineering bricks, just below the dpc plastic membrane, the new wall literally joins the house at that point which means that the left and right side of the airbrick are covered by bricks but the centre( the cavity) is open.
How could I join that airbrick into one on the new wall ? Would a piece of flexible hose say 50mm diameter , joined to the house airbrick then with a 90 degree bend to an airbrick in the new wall provide adequate ventilation.
I hope this is understandable and thanks in advance for any help.
Hopefully somebody can help me come up with a suitable solution to what I imagine is a common problem.
I am building a new conservatory, the problem I have is that the base will cover 3 airbrick's from the rear of the house.
The house has a block and beam floor so I know that the airbrick's are the periscope type. I have discovered on this forum that you can buy a square to round adapter that joins to a 110mm pipe that can be run under the base to the outside of the new dwarf wall and attach to another periscope on to an airbrick , all I think I need to do with the existing centre air brick is chop out the course below and push it down and attach the square to round adapter and run it through under the base.
Does this sound feasible, and is it common practice ?
The other 2 airbricks are at each side of the centre 1, this is where I am struggling to find a solution.
They are both in exactly the same position in regards to where the new wall will join the house, so if you can imagine you have your airbrick in the last course of engineering bricks, just below the dpc plastic membrane, the new wall literally joins the house at that point which means that the left and right side of the airbrick are covered by bricks but the centre( the cavity) is open.
How could I join that airbrick into one on the new wall ? Would a piece of flexible hose say 50mm diameter , joined to the house airbrick then with a 90 degree bend to an airbrick in the new wall provide adequate ventilation.
I hope this is understandable and thanks in advance for any help.
