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Silly question but what is this called?

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Theeasypeasywoman · 13/03/2022 16:40

Hello, just like that , First time house owner but what is this called and what is the use of it? Is it a drain?

Silly question but what is this called?
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SausagePourHomme · 13/03/2022 16:41

air brick?

GeneLovesJezebel · 13/03/2022 16:42

Yep, air brick.

DustyMaiden · 13/03/2022 16:42

Breeze block for air flow.

Plantstrees · 13/03/2022 16:42

Air brick for ventilation. It helps stop damp in cavity walls.

dementedpixie · 13/03/2022 16:42

Air brick maybe

MyPretttyRedDress · 13/03/2022 16:43

It's an air brick - for ventilation. Here's an explanation.

www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Airbrick

M0RVEN · 13/03/2022 16:49

They are important so don’t block them with anything.

JamFrogEgg · 13/03/2022 20:59

As others have said it's an airbrick. But whoever laid that path has made a mistake as all floors abutting walls with air bricks should be a minimum of 6 inches lower. As it stands, rain will go straight in and airbricks are designed to stop the suspended floors inside from rotting.

JamFrogEgg · 13/03/2022 21:00

Not only that, but it appears half the airbrick is buried under the path.

CasperGutman · 13/03/2022 21:21

@DustyMaiden

Breeze block for air flow.
I don't think "breeze block" means what you think. Breeze blocks are not the same as air bricks, but I can see that the names might seem similar. It's a term for an old-fashioned form of lightweight concrete block.

Breeze blocks were made with "breeze", a synonym for lightweight ash ("fly ash") which was used as a component in the concrete mix.

The term breeze block, like the US equivalent "cinder block", gets used for any concrete block, but really it means a particular kind used for internal walls where it won't get wet.

Theeasypeasywoman · 13/03/2022 21:23

@JamFrogEgg Thanks for the information but just to let you know that the airbrick is very high up from the actual ground and what you see in the picture is actually one of the steps and it is located under a roof covered porch. not a single drop of rain touches it. And its not half. Thats the standard size. all of the houses on our street has the same even the ones not touching the ground. 🙂

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