Hi Guys,
I've just joined DIYnot it has helped me a fair few times! but I have a problem that I need some advice on.
I've beeen in my property for a couple of years and the DG was already fitted but in both front upstairs rooms I have damp problems under the windowsills. The main bedroom has tiles on the outside of the house and lead flashing under the sills. The small bedroom has a pitched roof outside it and also has lead under the window sills.
In both rooms it looks like the lead is poking out underneath the wooden window sill in places and this appears to be where the damp and mould grow the worst. We get a fair bit of condensation in the bedrooms which pools on the window ledge and I don't know if this is leaking through the window frame and down into the wall cavity or if the cold is condensating on the lead and making the areas where the lead pokes through damp.
Don't know if anyone has had any similar problems or any ideas as to what the solution might be. I've took a few pics of the small bedroom.
any help/advice greatly appreciated
I've just joined DIYnot it has helped me a fair few times! but I have a problem that I need some advice on.
I've beeen in my property for a couple of years and the DG was already fitted but in both front upstairs rooms I have damp problems under the windowsills. The main bedroom has tiles on the outside of the house and lead flashing under the sills. The small bedroom has a pitched roof outside it and also has lead under the window sills.
In both rooms it looks like the lead is poking out underneath the wooden window sill in places and this appears to be where the damp and mould grow the worst. We get a fair bit of condensation in the bedrooms which pools on the window ledge and I don't know if this is leaking through the window frame and down into the wall cavity or if the cold is condensating on the lead and making the areas where the lead pokes through damp.
Don't know if anyone has had any similar problems or any ideas as to what the solution might be. I've took a few pics of the small bedroom.
any help/advice greatly appreciated