Hello
I do hope someone can advise me on my problem. We moved into our house about 3 yrs ago and our bedroom is very cold in the winter, even with the heating on. I could hear whistling coming from the window, so I sealed it up. The whistling stopped but it was still really cold. Then I noticed what I thought was damp, so I called out the council and the guy said it was just condensation and if I cleaned it and opened the window it would be ok. Now why would I open the window of a room that was freezing cold to start with? I cleaned the condensation, which had started turning black, off the wall and it came back. We bought an oil heater and had that on most of the time during the winter and it was still cold.
I have just cleaned my wall again and I noticed that when I knocked on the wall above the window, it sounded hollow. I got a candle and it was very breezy up there too.
The windows are double-glazed and were put in before we moved here. Could it be that when they put in the windows they damaged the wall somehow and didnt put it right? If so, what should I do? Do I inform the council and get them to sort it out as it was done when they put the new windows in or do I have to get it sorted myself?
Please help with any advice, I don't want to spend a fortune on heating a room that feels like the window is open 24hrs a day anymore.
I do hope someone can advise me on my problem. We moved into our house about 3 yrs ago and our bedroom is very cold in the winter, even with the heating on. I could hear whistling coming from the window, so I sealed it up. The whistling stopped but it was still really cold. Then I noticed what I thought was damp, so I called out the council and the guy said it was just condensation and if I cleaned it and opened the window it would be ok. Now why would I open the window of a room that was freezing cold to start with? I cleaned the condensation, which had started turning black, off the wall and it came back. We bought an oil heater and had that on most of the time during the winter and it was still cold.
I have just cleaned my wall again and I noticed that when I knocked on the wall above the window, it sounded hollow. I got a candle and it was very breezy up there too.
The windows are double-glazed and were put in before we moved here. Could it be that when they put in the windows they damaged the wall somehow and didnt put it right? If so, what should I do? Do I inform the council and get them to sort it out as it was done when they put the new windows in or do I have to get it sorted myself?
Please help with any advice, I don't want to spend a fortune on heating a room that feels like the window is open 24hrs a day anymore.