Pigletjohn, I am hoping you can help....and anyone else!
We rent out a flat and have done for 14 years. We lived in it for 6 years before that. It used to be the laundry room for a block of flats so is fairly unique - has a walkway underneath and nothing above, so there are a lot of exposed walls. It is the corner joint for 2 blocks. It has always been a little damp due to condensation. When we lived there we managed it well. tenants over the years have done ok too - heating & ventilation.
Our current tenant has been there just over a year and things are not going well. She is lovely, but has loads of stuff piled against walls and now there is a major problem with damp walls and condensation. There is mould growing in various places. The main culprit is the long exposed wall - living room and bedroom. There is no insulation - concrete floors and thin walls. If we get the property externally insulated will this solve the problem? I'm not sure the council will let us do this, but is preferable to internally insulating due to the chaos this would cause the tenant and her daughter.
She also hangs a lot of wet washing around which doesn't help. There is a dehumidifier in the property, which she bought. The one we bought had died and she got another one without mentioning it to us. We want to buy a better one - dessicant or compressor? Any recommendations?
Thank you.
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Pigletjohn? External insulation - will it solve the problem?
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pigsinmud · 18/11/2013 10:12
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