WAR!!!!!!!
By Maxine Jasmin-Green
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WAR!!!
Our home is over 100 years old. It is a strong well-made, well-built home. Over the decades that we have lived here, one small section of the living room wall, where the breeze block is, has mould!
In the bathroom, we have struggled with almost constant condensation on the walls.
No other part of the home has mould, just this small section, it does not make sense, as I would have thought, the air near it would be good to keep the mould away. I have bought over the years, those small things that absorbs moisture, but nothing seems to work.
Each morning the bathroom window is opened, regardless of the weather outside, and it stays open until very late, well after midnight.
In the bathroom, over the years, those small little things that water drips into, collects water. They are thrown away when full and eventually another one is bought for the bathroom and lounge.
I recently bought yet another one, from my favourite shop, for the bathroom and the lounge.
But, looking at the mould again, and watching the water streaming down the bathroom walls, I think what I might have to do is to take drastic measures and invest in one of those massive machines.
I will have to do some research to see what effect it will have on us humans and cats and dogs, should I decide to buy two of these. I have seen them for over £100 each!!
If they work, the house is worth it, as we are now mortgage free.
Hopefully this, war with the mould and condensation will finally be over!
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Bathrooms and condensation
Hi Maxine
I have an electric Meaco 20L dehumidifier which I use to dry my clothes in the spare bedroom over the winter. I put all the clothes in there, set the radiator to about 16 degrees and shut the door. In a few hours, when the humidity is below 50%, I turn the dehumidier off and pour the water in the container away. It is amazing how much moisture it has sucked out of the air, which would otherwise have been going into my walls and soft furnishings. It only costs about 6p an hour to run (I checked using my smart meter monitor). There is an additional cost to me of putting the heating on in the spare bedroom when it wouldn't normally be, but I think it is worth it.
So I do think an electric dehumidifier would be great, for your living room (although they are a bit noisy) but it would be far too dangerous to use one in the bathroom, for the same reason it's dangerous to have any electric applicance where there is water.
You haven't said if you have a bathroom extractor fan. If not, it would be a good idea to invest in one of those, and run it during and after a shower with the window shut. Then open the window only when it looks like all the condensation has been sucked out.
Do you have a downstairs bathroom ? Does it have several outside walls ? Either of those will make condensation much worse, especially in an old house. If you do have a downstairs bathroom is there any possibility you could move it upstairs ?
As you can probably tell I've had quite a few bathrooms with the same problem myself. Good luck !
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Hi GlosKat .....
Thank you for your advice.
Our bathroom is downstairs, and there is no fan in the wall. Maybe that is why it is SO bad. There is no space upstairs for a bathroom. After I wrote my story I read about the dehumidifers, that they can dry clothes. We haven't got a dryer, so our clothes is mainly dried upstairs, where there is no mould, and they are put on all the radiators. It has felt like a losing battle, I have since looked at some after I wrote my story and plan to buy one for the bathroom tomorrow and a different one for the Lounge. I don't know about the double wall in the bathroom.
As I have a credit card for Argos, I will go there and see what they have. if they are expensive I will pay it off well within the 6 months, so I don't have to pay any interest.
Thank you again, from Maxine.
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Maxine please be careful
Maxine please be careful about putting an electric dehumidifier in a bathroom, that would really be very dangerous. A proper bathroom extractor fan is definitely what you need, which will suck the moisture out.
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