Wet wall and mould in my 5 year okd DD's bedroom

carefullycautious

Make sure you keep any furniture away from outside walls to prevent damp and allow an airflow.

Wipe windows with a drop of fairy liquid on a dry cloth as the grease prevents condensation. You will find that you will only get a small amount around edges wipe dry daily to prevent build up.

The dehumidifier will warm the room as well as remove the wet air. Please do not leave it on overnight as there have been cases of fires starting from them. If you leave the window open whilst it is on it will not work effectively. And of course it will cost to run it.

Have you checked there is no leak from your shower that is making the walls wet?
Try not to dry washing indoors if there is any wind outside your clothes will dry on the line.

Hope this helps.

Do check if there are any charitable payments for heating as you have a child, don't suffer in silence get as much help as you can there is no shame in asking for help. Spread your payments out over the year so that all your bills are paid via one weekly payment the bank may be able to help with this or some one who helps with money advice. Don't forget food banks in your local area also. You just need a helping hand whilst your husband finds work.
Take care

ariba10

carefullycautious wrote: »

Please do not leave it on overnight as there have been cases of fires starting from them.

A dehumidifier is no more than a small domestic refrigerator with a fan.

It is no more lightly to catch fire than your Fridge.

pigpen

happy35 wrote: »

I am also having this problem, DS bedroom only has 1 external wall and he is getting condensation on the ceiling along the external wall.

This house is super insulated, loft and wall insulation and double glazing that is only a few years old. I never had any problem wiht condensation when Ihad the other double glazing.

I have a dehumidifier and have had that on today, dont know whether to get a builder out to see what he can suggest as a fix

Go in the loft and check there is a gap between the eaves and the insulation.. it should not be pushed right into there or else this type of condensation occurs.. We had this issue one time.

Also being too insulated means the vapour has nowhere to go so it condenses at the coldest spot.. warm your sons room a bit more or open a window during the day and let the air circulate and dry.

carefullycautious

On a recent tv programme the fire brigade were called out to a fire which had started as a result of a dehumidifier being left on and the safety officer was advising not to leave on overnight, hence why I mentioned it.
Nick knowles hosts the programme about the emergency services sorry forgotten name.

savemoney

A dehumidifier are safe to run, They dont cost much either around 3-5p an hour at most when they are running and they dont usually rune 24/7 unless walls are soaking wet. I have had one for over 15 years and never once a problem. I did have mould badly in kids room years ago on outside wall and a wall that backed onto a passageway.

We cleaned a wardrobe, walls and parts of ceiling that were effected with bleach/water and let windows open on a nice day to let air dry them out.

I then went into loft and and pushed them more insulation where in far edges had been left. I then lined walls with polystyrene wallpaper and wallpapered and paint walls.This did the trick but I also ran a dehumidifier I had running before hand.

We also had problem in next house in built in wardrobes so did same I used packaging polystyrene which is thicker, lined walls and painted. No problems at all now

Also worth saying always leave a slight gap between furniture or beds and outside walls to let air get to them

theoretica

Most heaters will say how many Watts they are which makes the cost easy to calculate. A 1000 watt or 1kw heater on for an hour will use 1Kwh - the unit electricity is charged in. How much do you pay per unit? I think I pay 14p, so a 1kw heater on for an hour would cost me 14p, or a 500w heater 7p.

laura_hoggle

Have you tried looking or posting on Freecycle/Freegle for a dehumidifier? I have seen people posting them on there in my area recently, might be worth a try, then the money saved buying one could go towards running it? Just a thought.

I had a damp issue in the last house I rented, my housemate and I each had a dehumidifier in our bedrooms (I borrowed one that my parents weren't using at the time)... The amount of water coming out was crazy! I also found advice by other posters, such as wiping down windows and using the small dehumidifier boxes/sachets from pound shops to be quite effective. We did however dry washing inside, and as a bungalow, found it hard to leave windows open very much to let air in as we both worked odd hours!

Dark_Star

Another vote for the polystyrene lining wallpaper...my parents did that donkeys years ago as we had storage heaters & they were not that warm....my bed was on an outside wall & mould appeared at bed height....but was gone after the polystyrene was added.:)

bluebag

jellyjem wrote: »

I have cleaned the mould with specialist cleaner but I suppose it will be back, the wall is really cold and soaking wet and her bed felt a bit damp too tonight though it could just have been cold as it felt okay after I had finished reading her a bedtime story.

My husband thinks the wet wall is due to condensation because the room is cold and next to the bathroom but we cant afford to put the heating on. Does anyone else get this, what can I do to stop the damp and mould, it is right next to her bed and at face level, I am so worried about it. I cant move her bed as there is no where else it will fit apart from against this wall.

This is our own home, we have lived her 12 years and never had this problem before but in the past when it was cold we just wacked the heating on. My husband was made redundant 18 months ago so things are a lot different for us this year.

We have checked the roof and the guttering and cant see any problems there. Though our neighbours had a new roof a few months ago so I am wondering if the roofers could have knocked one of our tiles (we are i a terraced house). Hope someone can help.

It will probably be the lack of heating, a de- humidifier will help, as will a small amount of heating, but it does depend on what you can afford. Money for heating is a big issue for lots of us.