cellar ventilation

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    New cellar ceiling - insulate? Air brick?

    Hello! I had my lath and plaster ceiling taken down a couple of weeks ago. I am planning on plasterboarding soon. I'm wondering if there is anything that I need to do while I have access to the area that is soon to be covered. The electrician has already been in to tidy away the wires and...
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    Cellar plaster white patches

    We’re having our cellar tanked and plastered and we’ve noticed some weird dotting in the plaster. It looks like salt is coming through too near the vents. The vents go directly to the outside wall and we’re worried it’s letting in water. We were told to get ventilation but it’s literally two...
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    Air bricks - trying to find where my cellar meets ground level

    I'm living in a house with a cellar which currently doesn't have any air bricks. I want to install some but I have no idea where the cellar wall meets the outside world. Using a masonry drill, I started drilling a hole about two bricks down from the ceiling of my cellar and have got about 30cm...
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    Solutions for coal hole cover & cellar ventilation

    Hi there, House is a 2 bed back to back mid terrace house built 1860 (Budget end). Front door opens on to pavement owned by local council. The property has a small cellar under the kichen which extends into the coal hole area under the pavement below the coal hole cover. The coal hole cover...
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