Hello!
I bought a house that's original from 1928 but remodeled in 1977. I started tearing down the recessed panel ceiling because I wanted a smoother ceiling, but it turned out that the original ceiling was 35 cm higher up, so I'm taking the opportunity to raise the interior ceiling by about 25 cm in the process.
Anyway, when I took down the old ceiling, I noticed there was an old vent cover on the wall, probably from the original house. It seems to have just been filled with insulation and sealed off. But I also noticed a gap, and this gap is essentially a hole directly leading outside (albeit under a built-in roof overhang, but still "outside").
This doesn't feel good at all. What does the collective expertise here say? Firstly, there's clearly a missing vapor barrier. Then there's this gap.
It also looks like there's a lack of an air gap.
I bought a house that's original from 1928 but remodeled in 1977. I started tearing down the recessed panel ceiling because I wanted a smoother ceiling, but it turned out that the original ceiling was 35 cm higher up, so I'm taking the opportunity to raise the interior ceiling by about 25 cm in the process.
Anyway, when I took down the old ceiling, I noticed there was an old vent cover on the wall, probably from the original house. It seems to have just been filled with insulation and sealed off. But I also noticed a gap, and this gap is essentially a hole directly leading outside (albeit under a built-in roof overhang, but still "outside").
This doesn't feel good at all. What does the collective expertise here say? Firstly, there's clearly a missing vapor barrier. Then there's this gap.
It also looks like there's a lack of an air gap.
No one with any input? 