Damp or condensation? hel?

Question

We have a walk in wardrobe (of a sorts) in the main bedroom of our house. The wardrobe backs on to an external wall, and goes over the top of the stars leading from the living room to the first floor.

Recently, we found mould (i think) in the wardrobe. Black spots originating from the bottom corner where the two external walls meet. I have tested the black area with a damp detector, and nothing (although there is something elsewhere in the wardrobe, mid wall).

There is no ventillation in the wardrobe, and I'm hoping it is only condensation. The mould is upstairs, and the rst of the wall outside the wardrobe (stairs, etc) shows no sign of damp.

Help and or solutions? please

Answer 1

Sounds like condensation. Get some sort of vent or plastic air-brick from a DIY store (they'll advise) and put somewhere on the wardrobe. Either in the door or above or below it. This will allow air circulation the same as in the rest of the room. Meanwhile you need to get something to kill the mould spores before putting anything back in there. leave the wardrobe open till you have done these jobs. B&Q usually offer good advice if you ask anolder person.

Answer 2

Its likely to be mould due to a cold spot. You might try putting some vents into a plinth under or into the wardrobe.

This does happen with houses with low ventilation and solid walls.

Rasiing the heat in the room will improve it, but improving the circulation would give greater results.

To be honest though, the back of a wardrobe is fairly easy to fix so i'd rip it out and have a good look just to easy my mind.

Clean off the existing mould with an antibacteria spray or bleach

Don't worry.

Answer 3

the final rule of thumb is that if theres mold, that's many times brought about by the two penetrating damp or condensation. You dont say if your bedrooms on the floor floor, notwithstanding if that's on the 1st floor, in the beginning verify the mastic around the window, if it is sound, verify under the cill, there might desire to be a trickle hollow to keep away from rainwater working lower back in. If this all seems sturdy and the mortar joints on the brickwork are additionally in sturdy sort, then verify above the window for issues there, gutters and so on. gravity on my own will enable water to settle in some unspecified time interior the destiny on the window physique, breach the hollow area and reason the priority you describe. Condensation is purely moist air touchdown on a chilly floor and turning to water droplets. This oftentimes happens in poorly ventilated areas or areas the place a variety of of moisture is produced i.e. bedrooms and bogs. in case you cant discover the priority your self, ask a upkeep organization to confirm it for you, they might try this for loose or at worst can charge you a nominal value, from time to time being extra much lower priced than ending up un mandatory "upkeep"

Answer 4

Do you have an open or vented fireplace in the room? If not you will need to have a vent somewhere for air circulation. The older Victorian houses all had open fireplaces which allowed an airflow in each room. Modern houses have well fitting doors and windows and people tend to block off any fireplaces in older properties, causing stale air and condensation, this gets concentrated behind furniture. We have recently had two vents put in our lounge our damp smell has gone, and no more mold.

Answer 5

Have you any clothes against the wall? as this will cause dampness as there is no air circulating. But the best solution to eliminate it all together is install a small radiator on the wall. I know as I've had the same problem and that's the way I overcame it. hope this helps.

Answer 6

Could be condensation but could also be water coming in under the corner pieces over siding. Check the exterior corner of your house to see that all corner pieces are still intact.

Next, wash inside of closet with bleach to get rid of mold stain.

Buy DAMPRID it is a moisture absorber for closets and damp areas. They make closet packs to hang in closets and have containers to set on floor to absorb moisture. Just buy large refills and reuse containers.

Try typing damprid.com into your browser and check it out.

Answer 7

I've just had EXACTLY same thing same place/symptoms, tried everything, put in vents fungicidal sprays etc, I stripped all the plaster off to expose brickwork which was dry, strapped the wall and covered the brickwork with expanding foam and then put plasterboard on top, you can buy plasterboard with polystyrene backing as well,and put on some heavy paper and its perfect now and warm(and is now my office where i'm sitting now)

Answer 8

Get some anti fungal spray, spray it on and wipe it off.