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night storage heaters/damp issues
marc3
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I post as a landlord who after about 12 years has just had a bit of a light bulb moment (embarrassed its taken me this long to possibly realise )
anyway-over the years have fended off from time to time the usual damp v condensation debates with various tenants-all a bit tedious and predictable,and time consuming.
Have just replaced a night storage heater with a fairly basic new one-and frankly am amazed what a difference it has made to heat output and the length of time it remains warm compared with the old ones.
Of course-one of major damp/cond issues arise when tenants don't heat all of the rooms thinking they save money-and then that room gets filled with condensation(or damp in tenants eyes )
Finally dawned on me-that whilst new storage heaters are not cheap-to update all the others in property would encourage tenants to keep them on, probably lower their heating bills,achieve a more even spread of low level heat throughout property;and save me from all the its damp/no its not-its you/condensation stuff.
Obviously not quite as simple as that-but i simply wonder whether others have had similar experiences where they have installed new storage heaters-and a lot of the damp/cond issues just go away ?
anyway-over the years have fended off from time to time the usual damp v condensation debates with various tenants-all a bit tedious and predictable,and time consuming.
Have just replaced a night storage heater with a fairly basic new one-and frankly am amazed what a difference it has made to heat output and the length of time it remains warm compared with the old ones.
Of course-one of major damp/cond issues arise when tenants don't heat all of the rooms thinking they save money-and then that room gets filled with condensation(or damp in tenants eyes )
Finally dawned on me-that whilst new storage heaters are not cheap-to update all the others in property would encourage tenants to keep them on, probably lower their heating bills,achieve a more even spread of low level heat throughout property;and save me from all the its damp/no its not-its you/condensation stuff.
Obviously not quite as simple as that-but i simply wonder whether others have had similar experiences where they have installed new storage heaters-and a lot of the damp/cond issues just go away ?
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In my opinion the answer is usually to get a dehumidifier
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I'm afraid as a tenant who has to be very very careful with budget, heating is only allowed on for a max of two hours a day and not unless its freezing (jumpers etc otherwise). And I have gas central heating with a good cheapish fixed rate tariff.
But heating does go on all over the house when it goes on.
I have noticed this year that now the roof space is completely and thoroughly insulated (did it myself), the house is a lot warmer.
It might be worth looking at what you can do to insulate the place more thoroughly? PS cavity wall insulation can cause more problems than it solves http://www.askjeff.co.uk/cavity-wall-fill/ and http://www.which.co.uk/energy/creating-an-energy-saving-home/guides/cavity-wall-insulation/cavity-wall-insulation-damp-problems/0
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