Damp Cold Bedroom - What Can I do?

Fireflyaway

Is the window in good order? One of our bedrooms is freezing cold because the window doesn't fit snugly and let's in draft. I agree bed socks and hot water bottle really help.
Have you contacted your local floating support service? They can assist with trying to improve your conditions.

Jackieboy

kinger101 wrote: »

You didn't really provide any solutions. You just implied it's somehow the OP's fault.

Encouraging the OP to spend even more money on heating the room if that isn't the cause of the problem is no help at all - heating is expensive. That doesn't make it her fault, just badly advised.

Norman_Castle

deannatrois wrote: »

I do have a duvet below me on the bed.

A flattened duvet, compressed because you are lying on it will be a very poor insulator.

AnotherJoe

1. Buy an electric dehumidifier. Under £100.
2. You can buy very thin sheets of polystyrene in rolls which you put on like wallpaper, it acts as insulation. Then wallpaper over that . I've got that on one external bedroom wall in my house, that wall was always cold this made a small positive difference I'd say.

[Deleted User]

I have got an electric dehumifier. It didn't help. The problem is the walls, I'm sure of it. I need to warm them up somehow.

lol.., I can't do anything right can I.., actually sleeping on a duvet and daring to crush it lol

I do keep the bedroom window open all hours, even when freezing.., except for the last two weeks. I also open the other windows.

But I have to be honest.., buildings are supposed to be made for humans to live in, to be protected from the elements. If I wanted to live with cold winds blowing on me.., I'd not be bothering with emergency accommodation lol. As far as I am aware even tents are supposed to keep the cold winds away from you lol. These maisonettes were originally heated through hot air ventilation.., all the vents are still there. Maybe that's why the place is so cold.., but if well ventilated, mould shouldn't be a problem surely? And I shouldn't have everyone telling me to keep the damn windows open lol?

I've not turned on the heating this morning, didn't leave it on all night because the cost is worrying me and I have to be honest, there isn't that much difference in the temperature.., god knows how.

bouicca21

In the dim and distant past there was a major condensation problem in a kitchen extension. Solved by installing a false wall in front of the cold wall.

Obviously Deanna can't do that, but I'd certainly go for that graphite insulation stuff and see if there is any improvement.

And I'm with Deanna - houses/flats should be built to obviate condensation. My family house had mega condensation problems. My current flat has none. I haven't changed my lifestyle or the hours of open windows. It's a function of the building. I suspect that the micro factors that contribute to condensation problems are poorly understood by builders and architects.

kinger101

Jackieboy wrote: »

Encouraging the OP to spend even more money on heating the room if that isn't the cause of the problem is no help at all - heating is expensive. That doesn't make it her fault, just badly advised.

Heating is partly a cause of the problem. The air holds more water when its warm. If one room is a cold spot due to an insufficient sized radiator, the moisture in the air will tend to condense on the windows and external walls of that room.

FBaby

buildings are supposed to be made for humans to live in, to be protected from the elements

And there were, and indeed, there wasn't half the problem with mould before as there is now and the main cause is the fact that people want a pipping hot house all the time. It's a vicious circle, putting on the heating too high for too long (do people beside the elderly and ill really put heating on at night?), opening the windows for limited time, and then putting on the heating on full again to get it to a hot temperature again.

It's also a vicious cycle because the best to keep warm is to keep active. People avoid going out when it's cold when actually, a high pace walk or even better run will do much more good keeping warm than staying indoor with heating over 20 degrees all day.

coffeehound

deannatrois wrote: »

I do keep the bedroom window open all hours, even when freezing.., except for the last two weeks. I also open the other windows.

But I have to be honest.., buildings are supposed to be made for humans to live in, to be protected from the elements. If I wanted to live with cold winds blowing on me.., I'd not be bothering with emergency accommodation lol.

Agree with that. Have you tried keeping the windows closed at night to keep it a bit warmer and more comfortable, and then open the windows a crack during the day? Not suggesting it's a cure but at least make things more comfortable until a solution is found.

Bossypants

Jackieboy wrote: »

Encouraging the OP to spend even more money on heating the room if that isn't the cause of the problem is no help at all - heating is expensive. That doesn't make it her fault, just badly advised.

The OP also said she was extremely cold. Yes, cold is a part of life, but being unable to get warm in your own home for weeks/months on end is no fun, believe me. Additional heating will help solve that issue, even if it's not directly connected to the mould situation.