ok go easy on me this is my first post.
quick background on my problem, moved into a 2 bed bungalow built in 1955 about 8 months ago which has a condensation issue which causes black mould in certain parts of the house. We have a conservatory that runs the length of the back of the house so that ads to our problem, we also have a blocked chimney in the lounge and i have found 2 air vents blocked (covered over with tiles) in the kitchen and one blocked in the bed room. We have an extrator fan in the kitchen but its one of those that just circulates the air not sucks it out and there isn't one in the bathroom. The kitchen, lounge and bedroom is where we have the mould issues and there is a tiny amount in the bathroom.
Now as i mentioned earlier we also have a conservatory that runs the whole length of the back of our house so when opening the kitchen, bathroom and spare room window we are opening them into the conservatory so its hard for any steam or damp to escape. (however the spare room does have an air vent up high in the rite spot which does go outside and this is the only room in the house which is black mould free)
We have had 2 damp specialists round and they confirmed that its black mould and nothing more which is good.
They have reccomended to us either one of these positive pressure vent machines plus 1 passive air vent in the lounge OR go down fitting a passive air vent in the lounge, open up one in the kitchen and fit with a passive vent and the same with the main bedroom. They have also said opening up the fireplace, fitting humidistat devices in the kitchen and bathroom will also help.
What im after advice for is, is it worth paying out for the passive or positive pressure vents or would it be better and more cost effective just to open the ones that are blocked, and open up the fire place (which we want to do anyway) and also fit hunmidistat devices in the kitchen and bathroom (again which we wanted to do in the first place) the reason im thinking this route is because of what i said above about the spare room, it has a vent in the correct place and it does go outside and has no black mould. (PLUS and i know this is bad we dry our washing in the spare room and still no damp!!)
Any advice on what i've said about would be appreciated and any advice on the passive vents or the positive vents would also be appreciated.
Sorry if i've rambled on, i just wanted to make sure i covered everything in the first post.
quick background on my problem, moved into a 2 bed bungalow built in 1955 about 8 months ago which has a condensation issue which causes black mould in certain parts of the house. We have a conservatory that runs the length of the back of the house so that ads to our problem, we also have a blocked chimney in the lounge and i have found 2 air vents blocked (covered over with tiles) in the kitchen and one blocked in the bed room. We have an extrator fan in the kitchen but its one of those that just circulates the air not sucks it out and there isn't one in the bathroom. The kitchen, lounge and bedroom is where we have the mould issues and there is a tiny amount in the bathroom.
Now as i mentioned earlier we also have a conservatory that runs the whole length of the back of our house so when opening the kitchen, bathroom and spare room window we are opening them into the conservatory so its hard for any steam or damp to escape. (however the spare room does have an air vent up high in the rite spot which does go outside and this is the only room in the house which is black mould free)
We have had 2 damp specialists round and they confirmed that its black mould and nothing more which is good.
They have reccomended to us either one of these positive pressure vent machines plus 1 passive air vent in the lounge OR go down fitting a passive air vent in the lounge, open up one in the kitchen and fit with a passive vent and the same with the main bedroom. They have also said opening up the fireplace, fitting humidistat devices in the kitchen and bathroom will also help.
What im after advice for is, is it worth paying out for the passive or positive pressure vents or would it be better and more cost effective just to open the ones that are blocked, and open up the fire place (which we want to do anyway) and also fit hunmidistat devices in the kitchen and bathroom (again which we wanted to do in the first place) the reason im thinking this route is because of what i said above about the spare room, it has a vent in the correct place and it does go outside and has no black mould. (PLUS and i know this is bad we dry our washing in the spare room and still no damp!!)
Any advice on what i've said about would be appreciated and any advice on the passive vents or the positive vents would also be appreciated.
Sorry if i've rambled on, i just wanted to make sure i covered everything in the first post.