Hi,
I live in a one bed apartment. I had a piv unit installed a year ago. It has helped with the high humidy issue. It brought it down from 80% to 45% - 60%, depending on the time of year. The damp smell in the apt. and on clothes improved a lot, but it's still not right.
There is still a musty smell from clothes that are left on a chair in the bedroom or on the couch. Basically if they are in the air and not tightly closed away in drawers, they smell. Even the top layer of clothes in the hot press have a smell of damp to them.
I had two surveyors look at the apartment in the previous years. They checked walls for damp. They didn't find any. I have interior insulation so maybe that is hiding something.
Even when I'm not there the humidy could read 55% - 60%. I have heating on a timer, so it's never cold. I wonder is this normal.
There are two cracks in the exterior walls. They were never flagged as an issue. Just the internal humidity being the problem. Now I'm wondering if there is water ingress from them. I don't have damp patches though.
One hairline crack from roof to ground on north facing wall. Interior insulation behind this.
Other crack more significant, roof to ground on east facing wall. Interior insulation on the top part after bathroom renovation, no insulation on bottom part due to it being the kitchen. No damp patch in kitchen.
Is it worth getting these fixed by the management company or is it just an internal issue.
Any advice welcome. Thank you.
I live in a one bed apartment. I had a piv unit installed a year ago. It has helped with the high humidy issue. It brought it down from 80% to 45% - 60%, depending on the time of year. The damp smell in the apt. and on clothes improved a lot, but it's still not right.
There is still a musty smell from clothes that are left on a chair in the bedroom or on the couch. Basically if they are in the air and not tightly closed away in drawers, they smell. Even the top layer of clothes in the hot press have a smell of damp to them.
I had two surveyors look at the apartment in the previous years. They checked walls for damp. They didn't find any. I have interior insulation so maybe that is hiding something.
Even when I'm not there the humidy could read 55% - 60%. I have heating on a timer, so it's never cold. I wonder is this normal.
There are two cracks in the exterior walls. They were never flagged as an issue. Just the internal humidity being the problem. Now I'm wondering if there is water ingress from them. I don't have damp patches though.
One hairline crack from roof to ground on north facing wall. Interior insulation behind this.
Other crack more significant, roof to ground on east facing wall. Interior insulation on the top part after bathroom renovation, no insulation on bottom part due to it being the kitchen. No damp patch in kitchen.
Is it worth getting these fixed by the management company or is it just an internal issue.
Any advice welcome. Thank you.