DraughtBusters

Energy saving advice and help

  • About
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    • A typical DraughtBust
    • Helping to set up other groups
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    • A DraughtBusters Talk
  • Draught proofing
    • How to get started
    • A Case Study
    • Why draughts?
    • Windows and doors
      • Front Door
      • Draughty roof windows
      • Trickle Ventilators
      • uPVC door problems
      • UPVC window seals
    • Redundant AirBricks
    • Floors
    • Loft and first floor ceilings
    • Loft Traps
    • Pet Flaps
    • What is going on under your bath?
  • Finding Draughts
    • How to survey a building for draughts
    • Problem encountered during 2021/2022
    • Dry lined homes
    • Modern timber frame
    • Victorian terraced houses
    • Chalet Bungalow
    • Cross walled homes
    • Early cavity wall homes
    • Concrete panel houses
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  • Help Reducing Energy Use
  • Advanced Air Sealing
    • Problems with Drylined Homes
      • Problems with dot and dabbed walls
      • Around openings in walls
      • Draughts in the first floor void
    • Going Further
      • First Floor Void
      • Condensation mini case study
      • Controlling your heating system
      • Heat loss from unused chimneys
      • Types of damp in the home
      • Draughts and condensation
      • In House Winter Cooling Systems
    • More Advanced
      • Upgrading to Underfloor Heating
      • Lead Pumping
      • Why so many flat roofs fail
      • Summer Condensation
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Problem encountered during 2021/2022

Every year we encounter new problems, last year it was warped UPVC doors and poorly adjusted ones, we think that they move due to the weight of the glass. Good ones can be adjusted but poor quality ones often have inadequate or broken adjusters. 

This year we have a lot of problems with friction stays, the ‘hinges’ used on replacement windows. Some were so badly broken or in such a state that we temporarily screwed the window shut to prevent draughts but only when there was an alternative functioning window that could be used for ventilation.  We recommended to several clients and building owners that they should replace their friction stays or approach their landlord for help. 

Another problem that we are encountering more and more frequently are problems with trickle ventilators. They are becoming the bane of my life.  Stuck open, unable to be closed is common, householder unaware of how to operate them. Then draughty when closed! plastic getting old and deforming, warping, cracking, screws not tight, even some longer ones deform under the pressure of wind from outside causing  draughts and others allow draughts enter between the window frame and the ventilator all the time! Uncontrollable ventilation (draughts) cause additional wasted energy and higher than necessary heating bills. 

 

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