L’isolamento “scarso” che ha lasciato le case ammuffite necessita di un’indagine più ampia, ha detto il governo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g3018krro
di Ophiuchus171
L’isolamento “scarso” che ha lasciato le case ammuffite necessita di un’indagine più ampia, ha detto il governo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g3018krro
di Ophiuchus171
8 commenti
Kind of weird we don’t know how to build houses for our own climate after being here for thousands of years.
Counterargument – more education is needed for tenants on how to prevent mould.
Even the most insulated houses will still suffer from mould/damp if moisture isn’t managed. This needs to be done through a combination of heating, ventilation, and mechanical moisture removal (dehumidifiers).
I’m all for hating on landlords for other reasons, but they aren’t solely responsible for damp/mould problems.
I feel like people are slowly starting to realise just how bad the aging housing stock in this country is. We seem to have a problem with knocking down old houses and rebuilding, instead we clad and insulate and try and soldier on. So here we are.
Controversial opinion. In a lot of situations its the tennants fault.
– Many tennants dont put the heating on too much or turn of radiators in different parts of the house to save in bills. However sometimes the person doesnt need heating but the house required it, if not then there will be mould developed due to lack of heating in winter
– Many tennants dont open windows during the winter to save on heating bills and not lose heat. Unfortunately even on cold days the house required airing
– Many tennants will dry clothes around the house some even on tip of actual radiators. This causes hugh humidity house. Tennat may not use a dryer as its expensive to run, or house doesnt have a dryer but tennant doesnt go to a drycleaner
How do I know this well I was a landlord for house I put on rent and it got mouldy. Due to circumstances I had to move into this property myself. Once I moved in and after scrubbing mould off the house no longer developed mould again
Edit: realised this is off topic and article is about external insulation which tennant has no control of
Does nobody ventilate their houses now? How dumb is the population?
Its amazing how many people assume that the serious mould issues described in the article can be caused by not venting your property or something silly like that. This is moisture ingress from the outside environment ( as we all know the UK has this nice and arid climate, right?) or condensation occuring in very specific spots. Both scenarios can be caused by a botched insulation job and this kind of issues are very costly and sometimes impossible to resolve. Plenty of stories online about people using these grants in the past to have someone fill in the cavity of their walls with blow in insulation, only to realise later on that watever was blown in is now bridging the external leaf with the internal one.
okay probably going to get downvoted to flamey hell for this but her goes. I live in a flat my neighbour has terrible damp issues. i upgraded my extrator fan as the shower room has no window its vented . I run my dehumidifier for 3 hours a day. Meaco low energy dehumidifier at the cost of roughly 20 pounds a moth. Result i dont have damp .
Maybe we should make it mandatory to have built in dehumidifiers to solve the issue of moisture damp at least?
Are there any good resources on home insulation? I’ve been planning on getting some installed and it’s hard to know what to avoid.