My plan is to open the main fireplace in the living room, it’s not plasterboarded over, just covered in thin ply as a cover up job. Been gettin quotes for making the fireplace OK for a multifuel stove but this is slightly out of budget, next door neighbours got theirs done for around £1k, we’ve been quoted £3k, but it’s obviously not like for like.
The fireplace in the kitchen has the electric meter and distribution board in it. But this one does have an open vent to the chimney itself, so not too concerned about that.
The floors don’t have carpets, we removed these, predominantly as they were cream coloured and we have a black dog and a muddy MTBer, but they do let the house breath a bit more. we also keep the trickle vents open all year round too.
In a perfect world where we have budget I’d either strip the walls back downstairs and make sure they’re lime plastered. I quite like the crooked look anyway and I think the cottage has lost a fair bit of character from being modernised.
The upstairs dormer is essentially a STW large shed sat where the roof should be, but collects miosture as it only has the window trickle vents for ventilation.
For the moment I’m just gradually trying to manage the indoor air quality as best I can with a small budget. The PIV type systems seem attractive for a ‘on all the time’ solution as you’re not sucking warm air out of one room.
I guess a decent bathroom fan, will be a first stop for getting rid of one of the principle sources of moisture.
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