My daughter's flat was originally a council property built in the 1920s with what appear to be breeze blocks on both sides of the cavity walls. There are two flats in the property, upstairs and downstairs with separate entrances. Hers is the downstairs flat.
There is damp in the two bedrooms which are on the shadier side of the building. This manifests itself as mould inside a wardrobe and on the walls around the wardrobe, and a generally damp smell in that part of the flat. The floor is concrete but there is no apparent dampness under the carpet.
I have been told that this is usual in properties built like this due to condensation on the cold walls. Does anyone have any experience of this and a solution? If it is simply due to condensation on cold walls I wonder whether cavity wall insulation would cure it. A humidity meter in the bedroom reads between 45 and 55% relative humidity which is similar to my house or silghtly above.
Thanks
Paul
There is damp in the two bedrooms which are on the shadier side of the building. This manifests itself as mould inside a wardrobe and on the walls around the wardrobe, and a generally damp smell in that part of the flat. The floor is concrete but there is no apparent dampness under the carpet.
I have been told that this is usual in properties built like this due to condensation on the cold walls. Does anyone have any experience of this and a solution? If it is simply due to condensation on cold walls I wonder whether cavity wall insulation would cure it. A humidity meter in the bedroom reads between 45 and 55% relative humidity which is similar to my house or silghtly above.
Thanks
Paul
