Home Ventilation installation Brighton
Ventilation installation in Brighton and Hove
Better fans, positive input ventilation or full heat recovery. We pass your request to ventilation installers who cover your postcode.
Old houses split into flats tend to trap moisture. A kitchen, shower and drying rack in two or three rooms, often with sealed-up fireplaces and new double glazing, leaves water vapour nowhere to go.
Around 23,800 Brighton and Hove households lived in a converted or shared house in 2021, which is why ventilation comes up so often here.
Brighton at a glance
- Homes in converted houses
- 19.6% of Brighton and Hove households (23,803) lived in part of a converted or shared house in 2021, and 27.6% in a purpose-built block. Together with other flats, about half of all homes are flats. Source
- Conservation areas
- Brighton and Hove City Council lists 34 conservation areas, and some have Article 4 Directions that remove permitted development rights. Source
- Local grant
- Brighton and Hove is in the Portsmouth-led Warm Homes: Local Grant consortium, branded Warmer Homes and delivered by Agility Eco. It is aimed at households on £36,000 or less, or on a means-tested benefit, in homes rated EPC D to G. Source
Start with the fans you have
Hold a sheet of paper to the bathroom fan while it runs. If it doesn't hold, the fan is too weak, blocked or ducted badly. A replacement with a humidistat and an overrun timer is the cheapest fix that works.
Kitchen hoods that recirculate rather than vent outside do little for moisture. If you can duct one to the outside, do.
PIV for flats and terraces
Positive input ventilation draws filtered air from the loft or an outside wall and pushes it gently into the hallway, displacing damp air. In a top-floor flat or a house with a loft it is a one-day job.
Flats below the top floor need a wall-mounted version, which means a hole through an external wall and possibly the freeholder's consent.
MVHR
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery suits airtight homes, usually after a deep retrofit. In a draughty Regency house it is rarely the first step.
If you are planning external or internal wall insulation, new windows and a sealed loft, ask the retrofit assessor whether MVHR should be part of the plan. Fitting ducts during a renovation costs far less than adding them to a finished home.
Brighton homes and what they need
Flats in converted Regency and Victorian houses
Internal bathrooms with no window are common. The extract duct must run to the outside, not into a ceiling void.
Victorian terraces on the hills
Rear extensions with a kitchen and bathroom in one cold, single-skin box often grow mould. A fan in each room, plus insulation, sorts most cases.
Interwar semis in the northern suburbs
A loft-mounted PIV unit is easy to fit here, and it pairs well with the cavity wall insulation many semis still lack.
Areas covered
Engineers who cover Brighton work across areas including Hove, Kemptown, Hanover, Preston Park, Patcham, Withdean, Hollingbury, Woodingdean, Rottingdean and Portslade.
Questions people in Brighton ask
Can grants pay for ventilation?
Sometimes. Warmer Homes, the Warm Homes: Local Grant scheme in Brighton and Hove, lists ventilation among the measures it can fund when insulation is fitted.
Do I need permission for a new extractor fan in a flat?
A fan that vents through an outside wall changes the building's exterior, so a leaseholder usually needs the freeholder's consent. Ask your managing agent before booking; many have a standard approval form.
Sources
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