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Its that time of year again when the condensation starts again. The roof on our house is a 3 sided pitch roof. Think it's a hip roof. Apologies if thats totally wrong. The house was built in the 1930s and its the original roof. Very old felt. Since we moved in I had roof vents put in. Four on the front and four on the back and one the side. We have a utility room built onto the side of the house so access to that side of the roof is poor. Also that is the worst side for condensation
Whoever lived here before had cavity wall insulation put in which looks like hamster bedding. That spills over in places into the eaves so I'm going to hoover that out. Also I plan on adding insulation to the top of the loft hatch. I dont expect miracles but what will help?
I thought about putting soffit vents in. The small circular things. But I cant get access to the soffit on that side thats affected the most due to the utility room. I could get them on the front and back so would that actually help?
In the next couple of years we plan on having the bathroom done so an extract fan will be fitted an we will get the roof done in the next few years. So it will get addressed properly then but I'm wondering what will make it not as bad until then. Thank you
Whoever lived here before had cavity wall insulation put in which looks like hamster bedding. That spills over in places into the eaves so I'm going to hoover that out. Also I plan on adding insulation to the top of the loft hatch. I dont expect miracles but what will help?
I thought about putting soffit vents in. The small circular things. But I cant get access to the soffit on that side thats affected the most due to the utility room. I could get them on the front and back so would that actually help?
In the next couple of years we plan on having the bathroom done so an extract fan will be fitted an we will get the roof done in the next few years. So it will get addressed properly then but I'm wondering what will make it not as bad until then. Thank you