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Damp spots on wall

  • 13-12-2014 9:58pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know what this could be (am in rented property)
    Spots are all damp to the touch. Mirror in this area also has condensation on it from time to time.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,998 ✭✭✭whizbang


    Those are most likely the fixings for the plasterboard to the wall. Is it insulated?

    The fixings are going to be a lot colder than the plaster, so any moisture will condense on them first. Plaster can absorb and disperse moisture, so it isn't visible, but where you have a thin coat over a fixing, the condensation becomes visible.

    Reduce the moisture in the room, and or ventilate better.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭MicktheMan


    whizbang wrote: »
    Those are most likely the fixings for the plasterboard to the wall. Is it insulated?

    The fixings are going to be a lot colder than the plaster, so any moisture will condense on them first. Plaster can absorb and disperse moisture, so it isn't visible, but where you have a thin coat over a fixing, the condensation becomes visible.

    Reduce the moisture in the room, and or ventilate better.

    This... and more heating


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭sassyj


    I have the heating on every day, I like a toasty environment :) I open windows at every opportunity, even on the very cold mornings. Condensation is dripping off the windows in the morning in 2 rooms. I am only here a while, the bedroom is particularly cold but doesn't get the damp spots. I can see my breath on the air at night. Any clothes I leave out feel damp by the end of the day. Never had this issue in my old place. It's a flat roof so i thought it might be a leak issue?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭MicktheMan


    sassyj wrote: »
    I have the heating on every day, I like a toasty environment :) I open windows at every opportunity, even on the very cold mornings. Condensation is dripping off the windows in the morning in 2 rooms. I am only here a while, the bedroom is particularly cold but doesn't get the damp spots. I can see my breath on the air at night. Any clothes I leave out feel damp by the end of the day. Never had this issue in my old place. It's a flat roof so i thought it might be a leak issue?

    Firstly, you seem to contradict youself:confused:

    From what you describe (i.e. keeping the place warm) you seem to have insufficient ventilation. What this means in a nutshell is that the moisture generated by normal activities in the house is not able to be replaced with dryer external air. The bad condensation on the windows is a symptom of this.
    How do you dry your clothes?
    Is there evidence of a roof leak (like a tidal mark on the ceiling)?
    How is the place ventilated (other than opening of windows)?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭sassyj


    No, I just don't keep heating on all night? So it gets cold, I can see my breath on the air when I'm in bed. I'm out at work all day, so heating obviously isn't on then either. I dry clothes in the bathroom with window open and door closed, or use hotpress. Air vents in all rooms. I open window in kitchen a small bit when cooking as well as running fan. Couldn't ventilate more to be honest, can't understand how it's so bad. No tide marks, just lots of spots with water droplets on them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    You definitely have to keep that room ventilated..open windows and certainly in the morning when you see that condensation on the windows.
    There's a chance your air vents could be blocked too.


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