Hi
I am new to this, but need some advice on our house which since we moved in has become somewhat of a nightmare!!! I need advice on lots of things, but this is about the above.
We live in an 1890's semi detached (it looks like an end terrace, but is a semi) it is rendered - but needs re doing, and has iron strut bars across the front (most of the houses in our road do!) the problem is, our house is really cold, i think because it lacks in insulation, the loft it done, but i think the walls are solid brick, therefore we cant get cvi as no room, so it looks like either external or internal insulation. anyway, the heating is off all day but we put it on when we get home from work about 6pm and its on until about 10pm, during the day the we open the window and leave it on the catch throughout the day, but at night when the heating is on, we get condensation on the inside wall by the window, i always knew the walls got a bit of mould on them, ever since we moved in, but the other day when it was really cold outside the water rand down the wall as i dried it off - how can i stop this from happening? we only had complete new plaster inside all of the rooms a year ago, and now the wall has got mouldy again im not sure whether it si ok to treat and paint over the top or to strip it back and re plaster (it is only the alcove walls)
any advice would be greatly received - and sorry if i have rambled!
thanks
I am new to this, but need some advice on our house which since we moved in has become somewhat of a nightmare!!! I need advice on lots of things, but this is about the above.
We live in an 1890's semi detached (it looks like an end terrace, but is a semi) it is rendered - but needs re doing, and has iron strut bars across the front (most of the houses in our road do!) the problem is, our house is really cold, i think because it lacks in insulation, the loft it done, but i think the walls are solid brick, therefore we cant get cvi as no room, so it looks like either external or internal insulation. anyway, the heating is off all day but we put it on when we get home from work about 6pm and its on until about 10pm, during the day the we open the window and leave it on the catch throughout the day, but at night when the heating is on, we get condensation on the inside wall by the window, i always knew the walls got a bit of mould on them, ever since we moved in, but the other day when it was really cold outside the water rand down the wall as i dried it off - how can i stop this from happening? we only had complete new plaster inside all of the rooms a year ago, and now the wall has got mouldy again im not sure whether it si ok to treat and paint over the top or to strip it back and re plaster (it is only the alcove walls)
any advice would be greatly received - and sorry if i have rambled!
thanks