In my bungalow we have a vent in the wall for the gas central heating. Trouble is that it is above the sofa and all you get is a really cold draft which becomes unbearable when windy. Is there any way of stoping this? I know it has to be there for central heating but its become a real pain in the arse! I cant move the sofa as its a fitted corner one.

Any idea's?

I had a vent like that with my old central heating, and I know exactly what you mean. We used to have a fierce draft across the dining room! We got rid of it by replacing the boiler with one that had a balanced flue - a bit drastic for you!

The only alternative I was considering before replacing the boiler was to duct in air via another route, probably that aluminium-coloured flexible air trunking in the space between the ceiling and the floor above. Non-trivial.

Unfortunately you have to have the air supply...

You could try putting a 90 degree bend on the outside wall to try and turn it down or to the left or right to try and avoid the prevailing wind if it wouldn't be too unsightly.

Or you could duct it down to a lower level internally instead.

Or as said above move it somewhere else, maybe to behind the boiler itself if thats possible, then the air goes practically straight into the burner tray, or blows past a nice warm boiler into the room

[Edited on 1/1/08 by MkIndy7]

If you have a ventilated under floor with airbricksthen you can close up the wall vent and cut a new one in the floor adjacent to the boiler. As long as the air bricks are clear and your new hle as about the same area as the old vent you should be OK. Get a carbon monoxide detector just to make sure you aren't about to kill yourself though!

Caber

Brick it up and put another in somewhere else or put a diffuser in front of it. A piece of board an inch bigger with some spacers on the screws and fastened in front of it or hang a picture over it

id block it up and get a CO detector.