We live in a 60s (probably) ex council red brick semi. Our bedroom is upstairs, furthest from the party wall and the shorter external wall has horrific mould all over it. Most of the wall is covered with a massive Ikea wardrobe, there is also a small constantly damp window. Other walls are fine.
The house was flooded for a while before we moved in and damp course people did mention damp might be an issue but on completely different ground floor wall (which is fine, although we didn't get damp course put in).
Haven't been outside to check whether gutter is leaking but damp is only in our room. Similarly, there was a pipe running along the bottom of the affected wall to an outside loo (now demolished) but would expect this to leak down rather than up.
DH thinks it's just condensation from us breathing at night that's condensing on the wall. He's put some foam camping mats behind the wardrobe to partly fill the gap and thinks it's fine. I don't think he realises how much mould there is and feel as though it's being left to me to worry about/sort out and am feeling completely overwhelmed. I don't even know where to start. Also, we're broke. Any suggestions, please?
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Please help:( - don't know where to start with damp problem
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ThereMustAndShallBeTea · 31/12/2014 17:59
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