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Damp and moss in conservatory

  • 11-11-2021 11:51am
    #1
    nino1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭


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    We moved house recently and have a conservatory that we haven’t used since the summer. Just went into it today for the first time in a while and realised we have green miss, damaged wooden window sill, damp/moss on furniture

    Never had a conservatory before so nit sure best way to fix this and prevent it occurring again.

    There is a large Jasmin plant, I’m not sure if that is contributing.

    would it be worth putting in vents in the walls?


    any advice would be much appreciated.



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  • #2
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,605 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Given the level of algae growth, it's not the plant!

    You're going to have to work out what the source of water is from around the windows as that appears to be creating a secondary moisture problem on the couch. These are some possible causes:

    • Wind-blown rain
    • Condensation run-off from the glass.
    • Condensation at a thermal bridge.
    • Defective window rubber seals
    • Defective or missing window sealing.
    • Insufficient fall on the external cill
    • Rain collecting on the bottom PVC channel (lack of lower trickle-vents, perhaps). We can see what looks like a bottom channel in the second photo... I do wonder about it.

    I know it sounds drastic just now, but I'd be lifting that internal wooden cill as I think you're going to find the cause there. It's destroyed anyway. Spray the external windows with a hose and see if you can find the entry-point.



  • #3
    Hobby farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭Hobby farmer


    Quite likely if it wasn't getting use that this is a ventilation issue. The warm air from I side your home is meeting the cold glass and forming condensation which is allowing mould growth. A vent would help massively or even opening a window once in a while



  • #4
    whizbang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭whizbang


    • Rain collecting on the bottom PVC channel (lack of lower trickle-vents, perhaps). We can see what looks like a bottom channel in the second photo... I do wonder about it.

    I think thats the one.

    The frames and the voids inside the window frames are filling up with water, but the exit holes are blocked or missing so its spilling over inside.



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