To wonder the cause of our stuffy noses?

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Posting for traffic. Lived in our house over a year now (1960s built). Every single morning since, we've woken up with stuffy noses. We're fine in the day but get it again every morning. The air feels dry, particularly in our bedroom, even in summer (when heating off) and the windows slightly open overnight. I'd resigned myself to it being a well insulated house but my three-month-old daughter now clearly has a stuffy nose at night and I'm starting to worry it's something else (to extremes like asbestos exposure or mould I can't see!!). Would I be unreasonable to pay for an air specialist to do a survey on the house (I'm not rolling in money)? Does anyone have any other suggestions I could try first? Thank you MNetters!

Have you tried a humidifier?

Have you bought the house?If so you must have had a surveyor check the house for you before you bought it?

Do you have different trees near the house? Hayfever?

Dry lined walls? We have the same and the dust is incredible which is my worst nightmare as the world's worst housekeeper! I think a humidifier would definitely help you.

Thanks for replies. Yes we own the house. The survey showed a little damp in the porch, an asbestos cement water tank (which we're having removed) but nothing else. The ceilings upstairs are artex and, strangely, every single wall in the house is wallpapered. I'll get a humidifier and see if that helps. What are dry-lined walls?

We've got three trees in the front garden, outside our bedroom, but I've never had hayfever, and the stuffy nose is only in the morning when we wake or, in the case of my daughter, through the night ??.

Asbestos wouldn't cause stuffy noses. It's in artex too and safe as long as you don't bash holes in it.

Thanks Mopmay. As an aside, should I be worried that a dodgy plumber has just mistakenly sawn a big hole in our artex ceiling in the kitchen (trying to get to a pipe)?

There may be asbestos in the artex - depends on the age but risk is minimal from small short duration work etc . Google it and reassure yourself. Don't however let anyone just bash it off the ceiling

Dry lined walls are where plasterboard is attached to a wall - I suppose instead of plastering. I don't know if it's an old wives tale - probably - but I'm told they make dust way worse. Is that even possible? I don't know. Anyway - good luck with your stuffy noses!