SOLVED Keep finding weird flaky paper on floor under windows

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Hi all,

In our living room we have laminate flooring, skirting board (installed after flooring, hence covers edge of flooring), papered then painted walls, wooden window sills.

Last January we had central heating installed. Soon after we kept finding these patterned bits of paper that flaked as soon as you touch it. Initially I thought it was bits of our wallpaper that had been disturbed when heating was installed, but we sweep them up, a few weeks later we find them again.

Carefully picking one up and putting it on wallpaper, wallpaper painted very light green, flaky paper white and a different pattern.

There’s no logic to this, we clean the laminate, no weird marks etc on wall paper or under window sill board, don’t know whether some insect is causing this, or whether me and my wife are missing something very obvious, but its got us both completely confused.

Attached a photo of a bit on my phone case, this is the largest they seem to be, and in second pic you can see how it disintegrates into dust.

To me it does look like some sort of wallpaper, but it isn’t.

I’m home all day, windows open, never had any damp smell etc.

Any ideas please?

Thanks
 

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I may be wrong, but it looks to me as if it is a piece of breathable membrane that has deteriorated with UV/heat.
Could it be coming in through the open window, is the roof directly above?
 
We used to get that in our bedroom in Spain. It was the bottom cover of the bed frame that had deteriorated due to heat. As soon as we found it and touched it the whole lot came off so we got new beds. Do you have any furniture in the room that could have this on the backing or underside?
 
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Could it be a protective wrapping that was/is stuck to the back of the radiator
 
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Many thanks.

The rear window is where it’s worst, as you can see from pics, radiator isn’t under the window, window has fly net on, when I bought my piano, as it had to go underneath the window, I also purchased UV protective film which is on the back windows.

Pulled piano out, and took another couple of pics, this was cleaned about 3 weeks ago.

The front isn’t as bad just a few tiny bits, no radiator near front window.

Hmm, I’ve had a thought, the only thing the same at the front and back are the curtains. Further, I usually only shut the rear right curtain not the left, and all the bits behind the piano would be underneath the right curtain.

Edit: Solved it, went to take a couple of pics of rear curtain, gave it a shake, and these bits fall out between lining and rear of curtain (curtains were taken up but we didn’t sew bottom of lining to hem)

Many thanks for your help
 

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Now the sun’s shining through front window, can see where it’s coming from by the rings
 

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