Peter Barber

Sun 29 Jun 2014 09:45am

Condensation is caused simply by too much humidity being created, and not enough ventilation to take it away. Other factors such as sufficient heating is quite important. Condensation is the most common form of dampness found in properties and the method of successful control is to reduce the relative humidity to an acceptable level. Mould can only grow in properties that suffer with a relative humidity level persistently above 71%. You have two options to control this. 1. Install humidity controlled fans to water making areas. Kitchen and bathroom. These fans are preset at around 60% RH which means that they will activate automatically when this level of humidity is reached. 2. fit a positive pressure fan to the loft area. These appliances has shown remarkable results in the control of condensation. The information on the fans can be found on the Nuaire website. Just search for Dri-master for the positive pressure fans, or Genie for the wall mounted extractors. You will need an electrician to fit either appliances so you will need to post your job into that category. I hope that this helps. Best Wishes. Peter Barber CSSW.,.CRDS. London Waterproofing Solutions.

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Peter Barber

Fri 14 Mar 2014 05:52am

Dear Corinne. Condensation is caused simply by too much humidity being created, and not enough ventilation to take it away. Other factors such as sufficient heating is quite important. Condensation is the most common form of dampness found in properties and the method of successful control is to reduce the relative humidity to an acceptable level. Mould can only grow in properties that suffer with a relative humidity level persistently above 71%. You have two options to control this. 1. Install humidity controlled fans to water making areas. Kitchen and bathroom. These fans are preset at around 60% RH which means that they will activate automatically when this level of humidity is reached. 2. fit a positive pressure fan to the loft area. These appliances has shown remarkable results in the control of condensation. The information on the fans can be found on the Nuaire website. Just search for Dri-master for the positive pressure fans, or Genie for the wall mounted extractors. You will need an electrician to fit either appliances so you will need to post your job into that category. I hope that this helps. Best Wishes. Peter Barber CSSW.,.CRDS. London Waterproofing Solutions.

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Danny Allen

Thu 13 Mar 2014 09:17pm

general builder will be able to fit vents regards Danny

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Adrian Callow

Thu 13 Mar 2014 07:36pm

If your chimney has been sealed up it should have a vent installed on the breast where the opening was once. As for windows get some trickle vents installed, this will help, any good builder will do this job for you.

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