pattiw1950
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live in a late Victorian cottage, which has a condensation problem. We recently had a whole house ventilation unit fitted - Drimaster 2000- on the landing above our open plan sitting room. We also had a multi-fuel burner fitted in the now lovely opened-up original fireplace (got rid of the hideous modern brick one!). Has anyone had any experience of these ventilation units? Since we had it installed we've noticed a draught in the sitting room - obviously coming down from the unit. The installer turned it down a notch for us and that helped. In fact, although the house feels drier, it's colder. Does anyone know if that's just something you have to put up with to get rid of the condensation? Also, I believe that one of the recommendations to reduce condensationis to keep kitchen and bathroom doors close but I'm not sure whether we should keep all the internal doors open now we've got this unit. I'm having a range cooker fitted in February and am wondering whether it would be better to have electric rather than gas in view of the condensation. Any thoughts on that one? In fact if anyone has any thoughts, tips or advice about the ventilation system or condensation in general, I'd be grateful. Is it possible to have a completely condensation-free stone built cottage with double glazing in the dampest of counties Cornwall???
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