Clothes stained with damp patches

Mac1977

We moved into our house a few months ago. Both bedrooms have built-in wardrobes with sliding doors.

In one wardrobe, although there are no marks on the wall, a lot of the clothes have damp stains on the side that is hanging against the wall, and it is beginning to smell of damp when you open the doors. Even items left on the carpeted floor are quite badly marked.

I would have thought the walls would be showing damp patches, but they are not. Any ideas or advice welcome.

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD

Any ideas or advice welcome.

Not dampness ! ventilation problem, empty wardrobes, clean all walls, doors and floor with diluted bleach ,wash or dry clean all clothes to remove all black mould spores in the affected wardrobes.

You could leave the doors open slightly that may help, quite a common problem when uPVC windows are fitted without a vent, or vents are closed.

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD

Also all bathrooms MUST have extraction (a fan) wherever possible as spores will travel from a bathroom to bedrooms. I fit extractors in all properties, either through a wall or through the roof in houses, NO EXCEPTIONS.

sooz

I agree, you have condensation not damp.

You need to ventilate more, and not keep open the wardrobe doors when the windows are open.

It might also help to see if you can insulate the inside of the wardrobe - well the part of it that is an external wall.

A small dehumidifier in the wardrobe would also help - even one of those disposable ones.