First post so please go easy on me!
We have lived in our new house for 6 months now. It is a typical 1970's style house with 4 beds approx 120 sq m.
I have a couple of queries that I hope people can advise me with.
1. Condensation upstairs. We have a severe condensation problem in all the bedrooms upstairs particularly on cold nights. I don't dry washing in the house and try to air with the windows open every day. The loft from what we can see is fully insulated and the previous people had cavity wall put in. The window reveal around my daughter window has started to crumble and we have very small areas of black mould around the window. We have booked for a plasterer to come and plaster around the window as it is back to the brick in areas. Do we need to have insulated board fitted around the window? I think we have cold bridging problems??
2. The house was painted with one of the weathershield type products about 20 years ago but it looks dated and it is started to peel in areas. We would like to have the house rendered smooth but can this be done on top of a bumpy coating like this? Also would external insulation help with the cold bridging or would we still suffer around the windows etc? Is is expensive for external insulation? How much should we expect to pay for a smooth render? Also the UPVC windows were put in 1989 would we need to change them perhaps they are not very effiicient? they do not have trickle vents so I try to lock them on the 1st setting when I can.
Thanks in advance and sorry to sound so clueless I am and hubby not sure either!
Dawn
We have lived in our new house for 6 months now. It is a typical 1970's style house with 4 beds approx 120 sq m.
I have a couple of queries that I hope people can advise me with.
1. Condensation upstairs. We have a severe condensation problem in all the bedrooms upstairs particularly on cold nights. I don't dry washing in the house and try to air with the windows open every day. The loft from what we can see is fully insulated and the previous people had cavity wall put in. The window reveal around my daughter window has started to crumble and we have very small areas of black mould around the window. We have booked for a plasterer to come and plaster around the window as it is back to the brick in areas. Do we need to have insulated board fitted around the window? I think we have cold bridging problems??
2. The house was painted with one of the weathershield type products about 20 years ago but it looks dated and it is started to peel in areas. We would like to have the house rendered smooth but can this be done on top of a bumpy coating like this? Also would external insulation help with the cold bridging or would we still suffer around the windows etc? Is is expensive for external insulation? How much should we expect to pay for a smooth render? Also the UPVC windows were put in 1989 would we need to change them perhaps they are not very effiicient? they do not have trickle vents so I try to lock them on the 1st setting when I can.
Thanks in advance and sorry to sound so clueless I am and hubby not sure either!
Dawn