Hi all,
Long time reader, first time poster. Hopefully someone out there can help, i'm struggling with this one!
Long story short, the ceiling in our porch (i say porch but its really a small hallway that pertrudes the front of the house with a flat roof) gets condensation on it from time to time and this results in mold forming.
We had a new front door fitted along with windows around a year ago but no change, i have turned the radiator completely off, on slightly and fully on and either way the condensation appears. We even went to the trouble of coating the flat roof outside with bitumin, in case water was getting in somwhere but this didnt solve it.
I'm stumped, i know its going to be somthing to do with the ceiling being cooler than the air but this cant have been doing this since the house was built, around 1965, ex local authority. A neighbour had this and resorted to having a pitched roof put on, but next doot has no trouble what so ever.
In the pictures you can see where i have removed the paint back to plaster, treated with mold killer, painted with damp seal and then one coat of white paint before i noticed the condensation was still appearing.
Father in law suggested Round drill weep vents, however i dont have experience of these so would that help?
Any help much appreciated,
Shaun
Long time reader, first time poster. Hopefully someone out there can help, i'm struggling with this one!
Long story short, the ceiling in our porch (i say porch but its really a small hallway that pertrudes the front of the house with a flat roof) gets condensation on it from time to time and this results in mold forming.
We had a new front door fitted along with windows around a year ago but no change, i have turned the radiator completely off, on slightly and fully on and either way the condensation appears. We even went to the trouble of coating the flat roof outside with bitumin, in case water was getting in somwhere but this didnt solve it.
I'm stumped, i know its going to be somthing to do with the ceiling being cooler than the air but this cant have been doing this since the house was built, around 1965, ex local authority. A neighbour had this and resorted to having a pitched roof put on, but next doot has no trouble what so ever.
In the pictures you can see where i have removed the paint back to plaster, treated with mold killer, painted with damp seal and then one coat of white paint before i noticed the condensation was still appearing.
Father in law suggested Round drill weep vents, however i dont have experience of these so would that help?
Any help much appreciated,
Shaun