{"id":50,"date":"2026-10-06T05:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/practice-note-ventilation-and-damp-in-older-houses\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:20:56","slug":"practice-note-ventilation-and-damp-in-older-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/practice-note-ventilation-and-damp-in-older-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice note: ventilation and damp in older houses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many damp complaints in older houses trace back to air bricks and vents that have been blocked or painted over (sample note).<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before recommending treatment, record every vent, check that air moves through it and note any later floor or path that sits above it. A photograph of each vent makes the report easier to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading this note and writing up how it applies to a recent job counts as one self-directed CPD hour.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why a blocked vent is often the first thing to check (sample note).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technical-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}