I have a problem I hope someone can advise on. I have a condensation problem in our bathroom. I dried out the walls using a heater & once they were completely dry,painted while the heater was still on. The paint dried perfectly, yet 2days later the paint was wet in a 6ins strip either side of one corner, floor to ceiling & about a foot above the skirting all along the wall. The rest of the walls are dry. Possible causes please.
Damp Walls
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Thanks for that, Robbie.
Problem is we're in a ground floor flat, the bathroom is in the rear of the building, has an extractor fan which comes on as soon as the light goes on, there is a trickle vent on the window & a through vent in the wall and yet this problem occurs in only one corner of the outside wall, but doesn't happen on any other wall in the building.
Problem is we're in a ground floor flat, the bathroom is in the rear of the building, has an extractor fan which comes on as soon as the light goes on, there is a trickle vent on the window & a through vent in the wall and yet this problem occurs in only one corner of the outside wall, but doesn't happen on any other wall in the building.
The exterior wall will be a cold area and the steam will be condensing on that thus causing the mould. If the wall could be made warmer such as studding it out or using polystyrene wallpaper to warm the wall up.
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