Boring thread alert - is anyone one an expert in damp/ventilation/double glazing?

[Mugsandpens]

I apologise in advance about the absolute tediousness of this post...

We have had some damp issues over the last few years which have now been resolved (something to do with lime plaster, unbreathable exterior masonry paint etc). I won't bore you with the details suffice to say these have now all been repaired, replastered etc.

One thing that came up was ventilation. There are no trickle vents on the windows and there are no ventilation bricks on the exterior walls. Do I need trickle vents or could I, for example, put a ventilation brick in the exterior wall rather than replacing windows? That would be a lot cheaper and would it effectively do the same thing?

Is there an easy, effective (and hopefully cheap) way of making sure the rooms are ventilated without having to replace the windows?

TIA

Putting trickle vents into existing windows runs the risk of damaging them.

I'm not an expert, but I think in your position I'd start with the air bricks.
Also, do you have - and use - extractors in your kitchen and bathroom?

And, obviously, if you don't have trickle vents you may want to crack open fanlight windows at least some of the time.

Thanks Errol. I was thinking about air bricks as they would do the same thing - is this correct though?! I don't actually know, just assuming it is! We updated the extractor fans in the kitchen and bathroom so that should be ok now.
With the windows in the bedroom and living room, they go up the ceiling so we don't have fanlight windows. I don't think we can fit the trickle vents on the windows as they frames are thin aluminium so nowhere to fit them.

PigletJohn is the best person for advice on this, and pretty much most building and property related stuff so perhaps he’ll chime in. But speaking from my own experience I think the simplest and cheapest thing you can do is just making a habit of opening the windows daily.

I think most of us this last year or so have been turning the heating down and putting it on less due to bills being so high. I had quite a bit of condensation build up and found that airing through the house every day for 30 mins or so did a lot to reduce mould problems. Not great when it’s cold outside but it definitely helps and lots of my patches of condensation damp went away after doing this. Just my 2p.