Airbricks in your skirting

It is actually a requirement for you to have airbricks on all four sides of your skirting (that's the area bricked in between the ground and the bottom of the home) to comply with the Gold Shield Ten Year Warranty.

Reason One - No different to a traditional house where you can very often see an airbrick below the damp course.
Reason Two - Especially necessary for those park home using LPG. If LPG were to escape from a leak, it is a heavy gas and will make its way through the air vents in your home to underneath. The free flow of air coming through the air vents in the side of the skirting, should disperse much, if not all of the LPG avoiding danger.

Ed.

Hello  Ed   When  you  say  air bricks  do  u mean  like  houses  have? I  have  two  openings  with  little  doors  on  so  theres access  to  underneath, but  no  air bricks...my  home  is  4 yrs old. evergreen

Hi Evergreen

If you click on this link you will see what I mean. Some park owners often install more ornate air bicks, but these do just fine.

The two openings you have are for service access and would normally remain closed. The airbricks give 24/7 ventilation.

Ed.

Hello  Ed  I  havnt  any  of  those    evergreen

Hiya

2 questions then.

Do you have the Gold Shield Warranty?
Do you use LPG?

Ed.

We have airbricks as you have discribed but my question is are we allowed to store the lawn mower and strimmer under the home and our Ladders???

Hi Dragon and welcome to the forum!

Parks do vary in what they allow you to do, but most say that you may not store anything flammable under your home. That's just common sense really. So if your ladders are metal, they should be OK. If you lawn mower is petrol driven - a definite no!!

Ed.

No of coarse I realised that it would be dangerous for fuel,
We do store our metal ladders and grass cutting equipment so thanks for your answer.

Hi   yes  I  use  LPG   ............but  the  warranty no

Here is the response from one of the insurers on our panel:

'We’re assuming that building regulations relating to ventilation and gas safety etc also apply to park homes and that manufacturers/contracts will have to adhere to these.

Explosion is covered as standard and we would not treat ‘explosion’ claims any differently to standard dwellings.  If, during an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the loss, it is established that a third party was to blame for the loss or damage there may be the possibility of a recovery from them.'

However we must stress this is the response of one insurer and other responses may vary for different insurers. We would encourage anyone who is concerned to contact their own insurance provider and request guidance. Alternatively the ABI could be contacted should you wish to gain an industry opinion (  http://www.abi.org.uk/Contact_Us.aspx ).

I hope this has been of help.

Gary