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Mold in apartment...

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    #32
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,994 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Dee22 wrote: »
    My sincerest apologies! Upon closer inspection there is a gutter outside... I was picturing u meant a vertical one, across the top of the window. Durrrr! :confused:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/g54tpsykatgdf0k/IMG_20130827_205155.jpg

    There does appear to be some amount of ****e on it too, not sure if it's mould or just grime. Is that the kind of leak u mean?

    Can't tell much from that picture, daylight after a big shower would be the best time. Since the outside of the wall is redbrick, you should see a obvious damp bloom in the hours following a decent shower as the water leeches into the wall. If the wall is a cavity wall, then the water ingresses inside around the window, since it bridges the gap between the outside wall and the inside wall. Then you get mold everywhere around the window.

    But the most obvious thing to me from that photograph is that if the balcony above needs a downpipe in the first place or has a downpipe in close proximity, then that is where you need to start to try stop the problem.


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    #33
    the_syco
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    Dee22 wrote: »
    leaving us in a position where if we were to hand in our notice we would be looking at moving from a 2 bed apartment to a bedsit.
    Long term, a bedsit would be better.
    Dee22 wrote: »
    I've been constantly on Daft the last few months to look for a new mould free dwelling :p
    Learn where mould usually occurs, and if there's fresh paint at that location, it's usually the landlord trying to hide the mould until you've moved in.

    =-=

    Is it possible to leave the windows slightly open all the time? As in, a crack open? Some windows have this option, so that you'd use the 2nd "notch" to lock it. This may allow better constant airflow, to help eradicate the mould, and also to ensure you have good air to breath.


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    #34
    Mrs OBumble
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    Do you open the windows in the room every day? How long for, on average?


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    #35
    mjv2ydratu679c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭mjv2ydratu679c


    the_syco wrote: »
    Long term, a bedsit would be better.


    Learn where mould usually occurs, and if there's fresh paint at that location, it's usually the landlord trying to hide the mould until you've moved in.

    Where does it usually occur?


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