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No. 1577
Anonymous
7th February 2011 Monday 10:54 pm
1577
>>1570
So far as airbricks are concerned, the risk is minimal in older houses, and the law is as may be. I'm not callously endangering the lives of everyone here; I myself have lived in a few old houses with one or more solid-fuel stoves, without airbricks, and been fine, and known enough other people do the same to have a fair sample size. Also, if the room fills up with smoke, probably best get out for the time being, but don't assume the worst; yet again, this is fine in the vast majority of cases (i.e. all of my encounters).
Drawing a line on date, I think that, essentially, you're fine if stoves were the norm when the house was built. I would also say that draughtier houses from the sixties, seventies and possibly later, which weren't built to modern energy-saving standards (although, as >>1570 point out, beware the retro-fit) would probably be fine, but don't take that as gospel. If that does apply to you, do other research.
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