Builder Advice Required - Air Brick

[Feed The Goat]

I have had new patio doors fitted. Under the old upvc doors was a hole where once there was an air brick. Now that the doors have been replaced this week there is no hole or air brick present. It has been rendered up.

Should I insist a new air brick be fitted?

 

[Gramaisc]

It is possible that the new doors have built-in ventilation which makes the old vent redundant.

I would just ask the question.

If the brick is still there, just blocked, it could, presumably, be opened up again, if necessary.

 

[Thehooperman]

I have had new patio doors fitted. Under the old upvc doors was a hole where once there was an air brick. Now that the doors have been replaced this week there is no hole or air brick present. It has been rendered up.

Should I insist a new air brick be fitted?

Yes, it's there to prevent damp within your house and to circulate air under suspended timber floors.

You may even invalidate your insurance if you have to claim for damp in the future.

 

[Gramaisc]

Yes, it's there to prevent damp within your house and to circulate air under suspended timber floors.

You may even invalidate your insurance if you have to claim for damp in the future.

If there are timber floors at ground level, then they definitely need ventilation below them.

 

[Feed The Goat]

If there are timber floors at ground level, then they definitely need ventilation below them.

Yes, the property has timber floors on the ground floor. The builders quotation states replace air brick but it has not been done so I guess we are going to have a discussion followed by an argument.