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taxi48
 Post subject: condensation
PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:46 pm 
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hi house built 1980 condensation in up stairs ensuite any suggestions or help thanks
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 Post subject: Re: condensation
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Hmm, not a huge amount of details. Does the bathroom have a window?

Can i guess that the bathroom does'nt have an extractor fan fitted?
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taxi48
 Post subject: Re: condensation
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bathroom does have window does have extractor fan fitted thanks
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Does the extractor fan work everytime you use the bathroom?

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above shower only recently put in turn with pull cord small bathroom window open does not seemed to make anydifference the window was always opened thanks
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wow, and breathe.....

Whereabouts is the condensation? Roof, walls etc?

Is it droplets or just damp marks?

When do you get it (after showering, when heating is on? bathing etc) or is it there all the time? Have you recently done anything to the ceiling, new loft insulation perhaps?
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USALLY GET IT A NIGHT CEILING AND WINDOWS THERE ARE SOME BLACK MARKS THE ROOF SPACE ABOVE IE INSULATED 25 YEARS AGO THANKS
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It sounds like a lack of ventilation, but it could be any number of things, if it's at night when the heatings on part of me thinks it could be a damp floor, but it could well be missing tiles or damaged felt in the loft, is it dry up there?


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Did you put the extractor fan in to try and sort the problem or for other reasons? Is the problem better / worse / same since you installed it.

Is the window single or double glazed?

I assume you are wiping the mould away with bleach / water solution?
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THE EXTRACTOR FAN WAS PUT IN TO SEE IF IT WOULD HELP NEVER MADE ANY DIFFERENCE THANKS
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Taxi48, please don't shout... (turn capslock off)

The info so far is a bit scanty... can you post a pic of the problem?

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WINDOWS WET tiles wet on walls cieling wet very little mildew ok not shoutin thanks
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That sounds a bit odd.

If you've got condensation you'll be getting mould / mildew growth. When you say things are wet, do you mean it is like this all the time?

As the previous poster said a few pictures of the room would help.
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the wet tiles and windows dont seem as bad now the very cold weather has gone niether is cieling sorry boy i dont know how to post pictures on internet thanks
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