I bought a number of mousemesh air brick covers and they are an excellent product – clear instructions, easy to fit and look very good. If your home has buried or blocked vents, first check that the original floating timber or concrete floor is still in place and hasn’t been replaced with a solid floor that doesn’t require ventilation. IMPORTANT: MouseMesh® Air Brick Covers must not be used to cover air vents which are being used for the ventilation of gas appliances. We are proud to invest in the training and developing our staff of all levels in line with the traditions set by Thomas Locker, who founded our group 150 years ago when he invented the electronic loom. You could use a dehumidifier to overcome this problem if you are set on blocking your room air bricks.

If you are concerned about air bricks and cavity wall insulation, then it is not a problem, the same type of ducting should be fitted straight through the insulating material. Featuring heavy-duty mesh with 2mm holes, the covers effectively prevent rodents from gaining access. Attaching duct to the air brick is simplified by the use of guide vanes which help locate the duct onto the spigot.As we mentioned when the air is prevented from freely circulating, condensation forms underneath the floor. If you are building a new home you can choose to use air bricks with wire mesh covers already built into them so that there is no need to add air brick covers as an after-thought.

Bought 13 of the medium black ones for my mother as she get mice problems almost on a yearly basis as she had a park attached to the back of her garden and her neighbour grows veg in their garden. If the vents become blocked or even partially blocked, moisture and gasses from the ground will not be able to escape. If you dry clothes on radiators or an electric air dryer, then this may not be suitable as poor air flow combined with high levels of condensation will lead to mould. If you've got a Marcus easy-access savings account or cash ISA, you can easily boost your interest rate to 4. If it’s just the surface that’s effected and the centre of the timber is solid you may have caught it early and damage is minimal.

Terracotta clay and cast iron bricks were traditionally used, which is why you see them on older buildings. However, if the ground around the wall slopes away from the building and is free draining, then they can be lower than this, as water will not flow toward the vents. Can be either glued or screwed in place, available in Small (245 x 95mm), Medium (245 x 170mm) or Large (245 x 245mm).

Missed payments may affect your ability to use Clearpay in the future and your details may be passed onto a debt collection agency working on Clearpay's behalf. If the earth has blocked the holes and made its way through to the internal wall then you may need to investigate under the floorboards to make sure that you thoroughly remove any obstruction to the vents. They often sell out early, but can also be heavily discounted later if they don't, so here's a round-up of some of the best I’ve seen. Once you have done this you need to repoint the brick, and you can find out how to do that in our pointing and repointing brickwork project.Our range of air brick cover prevent unwanted rodent access to your property via vents, gaps, nooks and crannies.