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We moved into a 1970s split level bungalow at the start of the year. Living accommodation is on the main floor as you enter the property. Floors are floating wood floor with a two foot drop to concrete. The humidity here is fine.
The bedrooms and bathroom are downstairs and offset from the living accommodation… so there’s nothing above them and the floors are just solid concrete.
There’s a lot of tall trees around the property which offer a lot of shade and so the downstairs rooms are constantly cool (or freezing cold in winter). Even in the recent heatwave the downstairs rooms were still cool and we needed a duvet at night.
We’ve got a cheap humidity gadget from Amazon and we’ve got an Apple HomePod. Both give humidity readings of anything up to 75% in our bedroom. You can feel clothing out of the wardrobe feels damp/moist.
There’s no sign or smell of damp/mould in the room. The windows don’t really show a lot of condensation. There’s a small airbrick vent near the ceiling which seems to make no difference. The windows are French doors so we can’t really leave them open unless we’re in the house.
The ceilings are vaulted with a metal roof and I’m guessing there’s little to no roof insulation. This is something we’ll be looking at in the future.
The property had been empty for a couple of years when we moved in and the heating downstairs isn’t really working so we had to use plug in oil heaters through the winter. We were hoping the warmer weather might help but it’s worse now because we’re not using any heating.
I’m just really struggling to understand the cause and how to tackle it so any help would be a help.
Thank you!
The bedrooms and bathroom are downstairs and offset from the living accommodation… so there’s nothing above them and the floors are just solid concrete.
There’s a lot of tall trees around the property which offer a lot of shade and so the downstairs rooms are constantly cool (or freezing cold in winter). Even in the recent heatwave the downstairs rooms were still cool and we needed a duvet at night.
We’ve got a cheap humidity gadget from Amazon and we’ve got an Apple HomePod. Both give humidity readings of anything up to 75% in our bedroom. You can feel clothing out of the wardrobe feels damp/moist.
There’s no sign or smell of damp/mould in the room. The windows don’t really show a lot of condensation. There’s a small airbrick vent near the ceiling which seems to make no difference. The windows are French doors so we can’t really leave them open unless we’re in the house.
The ceilings are vaulted with a metal roof and I’m guessing there’s little to no roof insulation. This is something we’ll be looking at in the future.
The property had been empty for a couple of years when we moved in and the heating downstairs isn’t really working so we had to use plug in oil heaters through the winter. We were hoping the warmer weather might help but it’s worse now because we’re not using any heating.
I’m just really struggling to understand the cause and how to tackle it so any help would be a help.
Thank you!