Hi Guys, wonder if anyone can shed any light on this,
Moved into a ground floor flat of a mid terraced 1910 property about 6 months ago, a few weeks ago i decided to re decorate the main bedroom which involved dismantling a rather unsightly fitted wardrobe wich had sliding doors and went the whole length of the room
the bedroom has obviously had a condensation problem as there was black mould on certain areas of the room, most notably on the North facing area by the bay window and paricularly inside the wardrobe itself, as there was quite alolt of mould on the wall inside it and i had a problem with mould on clothing that was inside the wardrobe too
after pulling the wardrobe out, i found that the skirting behind was in very poor condition and virtually the whole length of it was rotten and had to be pulled out too, the rest of the skirting in the room was sound but quite old and tatty so decided to get rid of that too
anyway, stripped the walls and got builder in to skim the whole bedroom, however, now that the room has dried out nicely i have noticed that where the fitted wardrobe used to be, there are what appears to be several patches where the plaster is not drying out, these patches seem to be in relation to where the old skirting was, ie the patches of damp do not seem to rise above the top of where the old skirting was! so my first reaction was obviously rising damp! since then a friend has suggested it could simply have been trapped moisture behind the skirting board and the lack of air flow inside the wardrobe has meant that the moisture has soaked into the wall!
its been 3 weeks since the room was skimmed now and these patches have still not dried out!
the whole house has had a chemical injected DPC!
so ..... damp or condensation?
Moved into a ground floor flat of a mid terraced 1910 property about 6 months ago, a few weeks ago i decided to re decorate the main bedroom which involved dismantling a rather unsightly fitted wardrobe wich had sliding doors and went the whole length of the room
the bedroom has obviously had a condensation problem as there was black mould on certain areas of the room, most notably on the North facing area by the bay window and paricularly inside the wardrobe itself, as there was quite alolt of mould on the wall inside it and i had a problem with mould on clothing that was inside the wardrobe too
after pulling the wardrobe out, i found that the skirting behind was in very poor condition and virtually the whole length of it was rotten and had to be pulled out too, the rest of the skirting in the room was sound but quite old and tatty so decided to get rid of that too
anyway, stripped the walls and got builder in to skim the whole bedroom, however, now that the room has dried out nicely i have noticed that where the fitted wardrobe used to be, there are what appears to be several patches where the plaster is not drying out, these patches seem to be in relation to where the old skirting was, ie the patches of damp do not seem to rise above the top of where the old skirting was! so my first reaction was obviously rising damp! since then a friend has suggested it could simply have been trapped moisture behind the skirting board and the lack of air flow inside the wardrobe has meant that the moisture has soaked into the wall!
its been 3 weeks since the room was skimmed now and these patches have still not dried out!
the whole house has had a chemical injected DPC!
so ..... damp or condensation?