We moved into a 1930s detached house 2 months ago. Since then we have had a number of black mould patches appearing in the bedrooms. It seems like a pretty significant amount given the relatively short period of time.
I believe the house has cavity walls but no cavity wall insulation (not sure if this helps understand the situation?).
Any ideas on what is causing this and how I can prevent it?
When we had the survey done on the house they identified medium levels of moisture to the ground level floors although this black mould problem appears so far to be just upstairs. Some walls also become wet with moisture particularly the bedroom which has 3 outside walls.
We do need to deal with some other damp
Issues downstairs but I thought I’d start with this.
DH thinks we need the heating on high all the time to cure this. This is his answer to most problems . If anyone has any other ideas I’d be really grateful!
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Damp advice/black mould
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zippyswife · 25/11/2021 07:50
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