I was just wondering if posters might help me isolate the cause of a musty old house smell I have. I know its supposed to come from damp and mould.
I did have a general problem with this . In the kitchen I have changed the window and door ( to new double glazed plastic from wooden frames and double glazed) .This seems to have cured the kitchen- including the condensation and the mould I did have in there is going away ( and I haven't decorated there yet)
However, the smell persists in the house and I have cleaned, chucked out old furniture, painted and dried out stuff but still the smell continues.
Its not in my hall. Its not in the dining room and sitting rooms. I have established this ( again they have all been newly double glazed as it happens).
The smell is mainly in the bedrooms at the front of the house ( bungalow). I cant cope in my own bedroom ( which is worse) OH doesn't seem bothered by it but I have a weak chest and it is making me a bit ill.
There is no mould I can see. I have cleaned everything. I have changed everything. I think the room is damp ( air), it feels it to me and I know the window gets condensation ( it is an old wooden frame double glazed unit) . If we have dry weather it does seem to ease a bit - it never goes way unless I put the heating on all the time.
I don't know what more to do. Question really - is this coming from the window frame or window? Or am I looking for something else?
The other bedroom has similar ( but less pronounced) problems. Again no mould I can see. All freshly done out by me over the last few months. Everything old got rid of.
Can anyone suggest a way forward. Again I know the room suffers from condensation. Cant seem to cure it ( even with a dehumidifier) Nice dry days eases the problem.
The bungalow is a brick and block built 1958 bungalow in Cornwall ( wet and windy at the moment). The rooms are east and North east facing.
Thanks for any advice on this.
( by the way I sorted the wall on the corner in the kitchen where it got chipped off. - thanks for the instructions)