Damp homes, and private tenants

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noseall said:
Token insulation in the loft, is not the same as bringing the walls and floor up to modern standards.
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Trouble is, a lot of the housing stock is very old and bringing it up to those standards isn't viable.

They were on about tightening up the rules next year so a C or better is needed on the EPC. However I think this may be shelved due to poss political changeover and concerns of creating chaos/lack of supply in rental housing market.
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
I saw on the local news, where they were saying about bad private housing, damp etc.. They chose to show film of the damp in one home, which was genuinely horrific - black mould growing in the room corners, black mould growing directly above a radiator. All very obviously the result of the person living there, creating lots of moisture in the room, not allowing any ventilation, and the mould at the radiator due to the wet radiator, never being heated. Why blame the owner, renting the property out, when it's the tenant obviously causing the issue?
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Nonsense.
 
noseall said:
Token insulation in the loft, is not the same as bringing the walls and floor up to modern standards.
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And that isn’t a substitute either for VENTILATION. Insulating alone won’t get rid of the moisture that humans breath out, the water from drying clothes, the water from baths and showers and the water from some cooking.

All these above can be addressed by tenants but they won’t open windows , the complain about mould and damp
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
I saw on the local news, where they were saying about bad private housing, damp etc.. They chose to show film of the damp in one home, which was genuinely horrific - black mould growing in the room corners, black mould growing directly above a radiator. All very obviously the result of the person living there, creating lots of moisture in the room, not allowing any ventilation, and the mould at the radiator due to the wet radiator, never being heated. Why blame the owner, renting the property out, when it's the tenant obviously causing the issue?
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It makes good TV and is easier than investigating .
 
Murdochcat said:
And that isn’t a substitute either for VENTILATION. Insulating alone won’t get rid of the moisture that humans breath out, the water from drying clothes, the water from baths and showers and the water from some cooking.

All these above can be addressed by tenants but they won’t open windows , the complain about mould and damp
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You can deal with ALL the cold wall/floor/ceiling surfaces in house with insulation. You can only rid specific areas of (moisture) in a home using mechanical extraction and ventilation.
 
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Many rental properties have pay as you go meters which are extortionate...

So people who have to rent at equally extortionate rates often can't afford to heat the place that they are living in...

And to ventilate would only add to the costs...

As always it's easier to blame the people not the source of the problem!
 
Ihavenojob said:
Where are the dogs? Any food with my old dog would be like that film, gone in 60 seconds (probably less). same with most dogs. Don't know much about cats except that they're lazy ****ing things.
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In the house.
They're not a foot in height.
one is a mangey thing too.
 
noseall said:
You can deal with ALL the cold wall/floor/ceiling surfaces in house with insulation. You can only rid specific areas of (moisture) in a home using mechanical extraction and ventilation.
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Homes have windows

denso13 said:
Some don't have enough ventilation, that the landlords problem.
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Nonsense.

Opening windows just a little is more than enough and costs nothing to implement
 
Murdochcat said:
Homes have windows


Nonsense.

Opening windows just a little is more than enough and costs nothing to implement
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Garbage. You clearly don't understand buildings and the idiosyncrasies of occupancy.
Opening windows in the winter can have a negative effect.
Ventilation alone won't cut it in any case. It's about 25% of the remedy, with insulation taking care of the other 75%.
In fact, we'll designed/insulated buildings, need not rely on ventilation at all.

It's a myth and utrer stupidity to expect occupants to keep windows open in the Winter, just to line the pockets of miserly Rigsbys.
 
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