I have a porch with a pitched roof, built on the outside of the house and it is single brick skin construction. It used to be open (ie just covered space) with only an inner front door (between porch and main house). Recently, in order to create more 'inside' space, we put a new front door on the outside of the porch space.
The problem inevitably, is that with this cold weather the inner walls of the new enclosed porch stream with condensation and shoes/coats go moldy. The house is exposed brickwork so I can't externally render the porch without it being totally out of character. I intend to paint the outside with Thompsons water seal, but it is really an inside treatment that won't take up too much space that I need. I'm putting a small radiator in this weekend to keep the temperature up, but i think this might make the condensation problem even worse.
It's only a porch, so I'm not really bothered about warmth - just need to keep it dry.
any ideas? [/b]
The problem inevitably, is that with this cold weather the inner walls of the new enclosed porch stream with condensation and shoes/coats go moldy. The house is exposed brickwork so I can't externally render the porch without it being totally out of character. I intend to paint the outside with Thompsons water seal, but it is really an inside treatment that won't take up too much space that I need. I'm putting a small radiator in this weekend to keep the temperature up, but i think this might make the condensation problem even worse.
It's only a porch, so I'm not really bothered about warmth - just need to keep it dry.
any ideas? [/b]