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hammerdivone wrote:
Now you are confusing condensation issues with damp, which are two completely different issues. Yes moisture expelled by us, along with cooking and bathing is a major cause of black mould, streaming windows etc. but it is preventable without any technical intervention. Whilst a dehumidifier is probably a good idea if someone is asthmatic for example, using the measures I mentioned previously should be more than adequate for most households.
HD1,
Partners son has black mould spots on both front corners of his bedroom, with peeling wallpaper.
partner says its rising or penetrating damp from rain hitting the front of the house, I say moisture caused by him sitting in his room all day with both windows and curtains drawn (teenager).
whats the likelihood of either and is there a hard and fast way of telling?
I would say without seeing it 99% certain it's condensation. Small black spots are the tell tale sign.
Is it a gable end wall, or just an external wall? Any chimney breast in the room, or bathrooms backing onto the room?
Unless there is a major defect with the external brickwork then it's unlikely to be penetrating damp. You can also tell by looking at the plaster under the peeling wallpaper. If it looks 'crusty' then that is the salts coming through which you don't tend to get with condensation issues.
Depending on what you say regarding the above will determine what to do next.
Stick a photo up of the area affected, and if you can one of the outside.
HD1 is a guru when it comes to mould and damp. I had a mystery damp patch appear on a party wall. I had builder after builder look at it. A few questions from HD1 and a picture of the chimney breast in the loft and the problem was diagnosed - pointing on the chimney.
Why is it that people that are otherwise perfectly capable of walking up and down stairs or moving escalators, suddenly become like Bambi on ice when walking down a stationary escalator?
sendô wrote:Why is it that people that are otherwise perfectly capable of walking up and down stairs or moving escalators, suddenly become like Bambi on ice when walking down a stationary escalator?
I too wondered about this and did a lot of research into the reasons why. Believe it or not, there is a scientific explanation for this phenomenon ....
jastons wrote:Hammerdivone, is there a 'healthy' humidity (%?) level in a house? Is 60+ to high?
60%+ and I reckon you will have water streaming down the walls.
In an ideal world 30-40% but 50% would be acceptable so long as you are prepared to put up with condensation on the windows. Some health conditions require a 'dry' environment so you should be aiming for the 30-40% level.
sendô wrote:Why is it that people that are otherwise perfectly capable of walking up and down stairs or moving escalators, suddenly become like Bambi on ice when walking down a stationary escalator?
There are 2 reasons for this. First the rise of a static escalator is higher than a normal fixed staircase and secondly your eyes expect to see movement and can't cope with the surprise of finding the escalator is static.
Came out of work the other week after a night shift and the car was frozen up. I hate scraping the windscreen and am quite happy to put the heater on full and sit in the car listening to the radio while I watch the windscreen defrost.
After about 30 secs, my car door suddenly opens and there's this twat looming at the door saying, 'Do you want me to scrape your windscreen, have you got a scraper?'.
I asked if he was waiting for the space and he said he was. Slightly irked at his neck in disturbing my zen state of dozing in the car, I got out the car and proceeded to scrape every ****ing square millimetre of the windscreen, side windows, wing mirrors...you get the picture.
After about a minute when he sussed what I was doing, he shot off in a crescendo of revs and parked in the car park overflow which is about 500yds further away.
Maroonmachine wrote:Came out of work the other week after a night shift and the car was frozen up. I hate scraping the windscreen and am quite happy to put the heater on full and sit in the car listening to the radio while I watch the windscreen defrost.
After about 30 secs, my car door suddenly opens and there's this twat looming at the door saying, 'Do you want me to scrape your windscreen, have you got a scraper?'.
I asked if he was waiting for the space and he said he was. Slightly irked at his neck in disturbing my zen state of dozing in the car, I got out the car and proceeded to scrape every ****ing square millimetre of the windscreen, side windows, wing mirrors...you get the picture.
After about a minute when he sussed what I was doing, he shot off in a crescendo of revs and parked in the car park overflow which is about 500yds further away.
yeah cheers for that - i was just taking my mum to the bingo but the extra 500 yards did her varicose veins the world of good
