The g962 remote void ventilator is designed to connect an air brick or telescopic underfloor vent to a 4 round pipe or alternatively manthorpe s grpa 1 flexible pipe.
Air brick under solid floor.
If the existing house has air bricks ventilating existing floor voids for example then ducting should be provided to allow air through the solid floor and into the void under the existing house.
Telescopic air vent lifting the level of air intake and allowing ventilation below a suspended wooden floor.
Hi if your house was built in the 1900 it would almost definately be solid brick 9 inch thick walls and not a cavity wall construction there fore you don t need air bricks unless it was a block and concrete beam construction which would be very unlikely.
Just wondering about air bricks.
If the concrete floors were put in after the original build.
Air is pulled in through one side of the home and exits the opposite side.
You will want to know what size of air bricks to to fit and what models are available when you choose your air brick.
Older homes are most likely to have suspended timber floors.
The standard sizes are.
215mm x 65mm x 50mm.
Air brick installation common air brick sizes.
If the floor is wood timber there should be a void large space between the floor and the ground below.
If you place them further up the wall you may find the draft inside the home to be excessive and there are better options to consider.
Your property should have either a solid usually concrete or a timber floor.
Air brick wall vents are designed to create an airflow underneath a suspended floor.
They are needed to help ventilate the space under your floor and stop your floorboards.
Thicknesses of the various parts of the floor will depend on ground conditions and the order in which they are laid.
If you have air bricks or ventilation bricks on the outside wall s of your house that are below floor level you probably have a suspended timber floor.
Do not block up air bricks in your walls.