Recent content by jasonlhill

I had considered this, but with the shape of this 'room' I cant imagine how that would work without removing the walls

Yes access is by pull down ladder through a loft hatch - it's to the left of the images above and gives access to 2 of the unconverted arears.

Not had mould problems since I discovered it back in January (been here since December) - it was on suitcases and anything material based, these were stored in the loft room - anything placed in the unconverted areas was fine. As mentioned by someone else, it will be the lack of ventilation in...

Thanks for the detailed response.... There's an electric heater in the loft room, I suspect previous occupier installed it to warm this room during winter months (as there was a tv and chairs) The loft room runs over the main bathroom and en-suite, both have extractor fans. I used 2 humidity...

Thank you so much everyone for the feedback so far, will have a read through and consume the information! lol I appreciate the comments that highlight the issues around the work done to the loft space - personally I'd have done it properly, but that's the previous owners choice...

Structural engineer checked the quality of work for safety. The 'conversion' is not deemed as a room and wasn't sold as a room. There's no windows and no vents in the converted space. The left is boarded throughout with insulation underneath. The 'walls' of the converted part have insulation...

From what we know, the conversion was done without a building regulations application. When we purchased the house we contracted a structural engineer to check the work to ensure it was safe (which it is) I'm hoping someone might suggest a form of venting somewhere/somehow.

We purchased this house in December, it's detached around 8 years old - with a loft conversion. The loft has been split into 4 areas, 1 main converted area down the middle and 3 normal loft spaces around it with doors to access them. After being here a couple of months in winter, I discovered...