Building standards - ventilation guidance: research

Annex B: complete household survey

Q1 How long have you been living at this property? (*If do not live here, thank you and close)

Q2 How many people normally live at this property?

Q3 How many bedrooms are there in your home?

Q4 Is your home?

Q5 How many people smoke in the house?

Q6 Do you dry clothes in the house?

Q7 Does anyone in your household have a health condition that affects the way you ventilate your home? [IF NO, GO TO Q9]

Q7a Yes (please explain)

health condition	counts
Asthma	9
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	3
allergies	3
cardiovascular	2

Q8 Do you know what this is? [showcard – picture of a trickle vent]

Q9 Do you know what it is for?

Q9a Yes (if yes, please explain)

Q10 Do you know what type of ventilation system is installed in your home?

Q11 Is there a mechanical extract fan for ventilation in your:

Q12 Is the mechanical extract fan in your bathroom and/or kitchen:

Q13 Have you ever had any of the following problems or concerns with your mechanical ventilation system?

Q14 How often do you normally open your living room windows in winter?

Q15 Can you tell me which of these things would make you open the living room windows:

Q15 Other (please specify)

N/A

Q16 Can you tell me which of these things would stop you opening the living room windows (tick all that apply)

Q16 Other (please specify)

"Always open windows every day

if my guests and i are noisy

Temperature Preservation

Dust from building site.

Cold outside.

The fact that the cat might jumpout if opened too wide as on firstfloor".

Q17 Do your living room windows have trickle ventilators?

Q18 How often are the vents open during the day?

Q19 Why don't you use the living room trickle vents?

Q19 Other (please specify)

"opened

There always open

They are covert and i often discover it is too cold because i forgot to close them

I open the windows as required.

Irritating draught noise/ sound.

Windows opened frequently.

Had to be closed off because we had an infestation of maggots

Do

Prefer to just open a window

I do

I do

I do

I do

Q20 In general, how would you describe the quality of air in the living room?

Q21 How often do you normally open the main (master) bedroom windows in winter? [IF NEVER OPEN THEM, GO TO Q24]

Q22 Can you tell me which of these things would make you open the main (master) bedroom windows?

Q22 Other (please specify)

N/A

Q23 Can you tell me which of these things would stop you opening the main (master) bedroom windows?

Q23 Other (please specify)

"Window open every day

N/A

The window frames are very stiff.

Cold outside.

Rain can come in at times."

Q24 Do your main (master) bedroom windows have trickle ventilators?

Q25 How often do you open the trickle vents in your main (master) bedroom?

Q26 Why don't you use the trickle vents?

Q26 Other (please specify)

"Vents open all the time

It gets very cold

N/A

Always open.

Windows open frequently.

Had t be closed off

I do"

Q27 Do you have any roof windows in your main (master) bedroom?

Q28 When you go to bed at night in the winter, is the bedroom window:

Q29 In general, how would you describe the quality of air in the bedroom?

Q30 Have you ever received any advice on how best to ventilate the house?

Q31 What was this advice?

"To open the trickle vents

Open the windows more often.

To leave the vents open

To air the place. Had a problem which glen oaks know about

To keep the vents open

Keep vents open

Told to keep the vents open

How to work the co2 monitor"

Q32 Is there anything that could improve the ventilation in your house?

Q33 [Showcard – carbon dioxide monitor] Do you have a carbon dioxide monitor installed in your main bedroom?

Q34 If yes, do you know what this monitor is for?

Q34a Yes (please explain)

"Should CO2 reach dangerous level it will sound

Monitor CO2 levels

Monitor air quality

To show oxygen levels

Not 100%, think it measures air in the room

To detect high levels of CO2 from gas boiler

To tell information on the pollution or contaminants

Moisture in the room

To let us know when cause it is too high

Gases

it detects gas leaks

To detect smoke or gas

In case we get poisoned

For the gas escape

Used to detect carbon monoxide levels"

Q35 Have you received any guidance on how to use the carbon dioxide monitor?

Q35a If yes, what was this advice?

Q36 How often do you use the monitor to check carbon dioxide levels in your main bedroom?

Q37 Do you know if your carbon dioxide monitor has any of the following features:

Q38 Do you know what the recommended levels of carbon dioxide are?

Q39 If yes, are you aware how often do carbon dioxide levels in your main bedroom exceed the recommended levels?

Q40 If carbon dioxide levels are high or show an alert, what do you do? (*If nothing, why not? - [GO TO Q48])

Q41 – Q44