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Some advice would be really massively appreciated!
We bought a semi detached 1900's house in South Wales (UK)
When viewing the house there was no sign of damp, mould, no damp smell etc. (we bought the house)
I noticed that there was a smell in one of the kitchen cupboards but could not see anything in the cupboard, then, I noticed as I was taking things out (pots and pans etc for cooking) they were mouldy.
The kitchen was going to be the last project due to cost, however, having 2 little ones I couldnt have things going mouldy in the cupboard and so we bought the cheapest range kitchen in wickes only £1000 bargain.
As we ripped the old kitchen out, we were horrified by what we saw, the walls were black behind them, the backboards of the units were black, enough to turn anyone sick. I washed all the black mould off the walls with bleach and had the kitchen completely replastered. This was in May 2020, new kitchen went In, beginning August 2020 I noticed black mould coming through my brand new kitchen units, I bleached them all through, they had only been in just over 2 months! I got hubby to take one half of the kitchen back out to inspect the walls behind. The actual walls had No mould on them but the plywood back panels of the kitchen had different shades of green fluffy mould absolutely covered and thick, it was like powdery, I used a vaxxum to get it off and then bleached them, I have not yet put them back.
I read that it was probably condensation and I decided to buy a hygrometer to check humidity levels, they are currently sat at 83%. I bought a dehumidier and had that running for a week and I could get the humidity down to 68% but that appeared to be where it sat, as soo. As I turned it off the humidity levels shot back up again.
I have a cooker extractor that I use when cooking, I have windows and doors open a lot in the day (except when using the dehumidifier) there is no ventilation at all in the house and I am thinking of buying a lofty remcon and having it installed before putting the kitchen back together to get levels down.
I also had 3 builders come round to advise, one said I needed all walls hacking off, injecting and tanking etc.. The other 2 said no rising or penetrating damp, walls were checked with a meter thing and said No damp on walls, they would just paint with anticondensafion paint and install PIV system.
What do you all guys think?? I really could do with help on this!
We bought a semi detached 1900's house in South Wales (UK)
When viewing the house there was no sign of damp, mould, no damp smell etc. (we bought the house)
I noticed that there was a smell in one of the kitchen cupboards but could not see anything in the cupboard, then, I noticed as I was taking things out (pots and pans etc for cooking) they were mouldy.
The kitchen was going to be the last project due to cost, however, having 2 little ones I couldnt have things going mouldy in the cupboard and so we bought the cheapest range kitchen in wickes only £1000 bargain.
As we ripped the old kitchen out, we were horrified by what we saw, the walls were black behind them, the backboards of the units were black, enough to turn anyone sick. I washed all the black mould off the walls with bleach and had the kitchen completely replastered. This was in May 2020, new kitchen went In, beginning August 2020 I noticed black mould coming through my brand new kitchen units, I bleached them all through, they had only been in just over 2 months! I got hubby to take one half of the kitchen back out to inspect the walls behind. The actual walls had No mould on them but the plywood back panels of the kitchen had different shades of green fluffy mould absolutely covered and thick, it was like powdery, I used a vaxxum to get it off and then bleached them, I have not yet put them back.
I read that it was probably condensation and I decided to buy a hygrometer to check humidity levels, they are currently sat at 83%. I bought a dehumidier and had that running for a week and I could get the humidity down to 68% but that appeared to be where it sat, as soo. As I turned it off the humidity levels shot back up again.
I have a cooker extractor that I use when cooking, I have windows and doors open a lot in the day (except when using the dehumidifier) there is no ventilation at all in the house and I am thinking of buying a lofty remcon and having it installed before putting the kitchen back together to get levels down.
I also had 3 builders come round to advise, one said I needed all walls hacking off, injecting and tanking etc.. The other 2 said no rising or penetrating damp, walls were checked with a meter thing and said No damp on walls, they would just paint with anticondensafion paint and install PIV system.
What do you all guys think?? I really could do with help on this!