Labour MP landlord. Tenants not happy.

[noseall]

In winter, we use our front bedroom to dry clothes. The window is open 24/7 all year round.

...in a house full of..er..two people, lol.
Which direction does it face?

 

[Mottie]

...in a house full of..er..two people, lol.

lol. Yep. Just the two of us. How many people in the houses with mould? You could open the windows during the day when nobody is sleeping in the room. That’s what we did when every bedroom was being used. We'd definately have done it if we were suffering with mould.

 

[Mottie]

...in a house full of..er..two people, lol.
Which direction does it face?

Mecca

 

[noseall]

lol. Yep. Just the two of us. How many people in the houses with mould?

Mould is an occupancy issue. The fewer people the better. Houses and mould is also a very idiosyncratic problem and can be solved using a number of solutions. A massive chunk of mould issues can be dealt with by fitting insulation (1st) - and adding extractors (2nd).

 

[Mottie]

Mould is an occupancy issue. The fewer people the better. Houses and mould is also a very idiosyncratic problem and can be solved using a number of solutions. A massive chunk of mould issues can be dealt with by fitting insulation (1st) - and adding extractors (2nd).

Didn’t have any of that when I was young and living in a slum with windows that iced up on the inside in winter and I don’t ever remember seeing mould.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Didn’t have any of that when I was young and living in a slum with windows that iced up on the inside in winter and I don’t ever remember seeing mould.

..and nor me!

 

[blup]

Lots of ex council flats have windowless internal shower/bath rooms which are very difficult to vent when the extraction system fails. Some tenants seemed to feel intimidated because they subsequently asked the beeb to withdraw their stories.

 

[Vinty]

open a window and turn the heating up"

Thats a woman thing.
Wife does it.
Turns heating on and then opens windows to let fresh air in because the room is "stuffy" she says.
Sitting in a room with all the windows closed is a working class trait she reckons.
I do it all the time, as fast as i close the windows to keep the heat in, she follows me and opens them.

 

[Notch7]

Thats a woman thing.
Wife does it.
Turns heating on and then opens windows to let fresh air in because the room is "stuffy" she says.
Sitting in a room with all the windows closed is a working class trait she reckons.
I do it all the time, as fast as i close the windows to keep the heat in, she follows me and opens them.

Does she keep turning the room thermostat up, despite the fact it’s calling for heat anyway.

My wife does, she seems to think it will heat up faster

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

Mould is an occupancy issue. ...

Yes, but mould can develop in unoccupied properties.
It's the same phenomenon; moist air condensing on cold surfaces.

 

[Brigadier]

Thats a woman thing.
Wife does it.
Turns heating on and then opens windows to let fresh air in because the room is "stuffy" she says.
Sitting in a room with all the windows closed is a working class trait she reckons.
I do it all the time, as fast as i close the windows to keep the heat in, she follows me and opens them.

Do you take things out of the shopping trolley as she puts them in there as well?

 

[noseall]

Thats a woman thing.

It's also a stingy parasite landlord thing, whereby they wont spend any money insulating the walls etc.

 

[Murdochcat]

You are aware that opening windows during cold wet winters is not a good way to alleviate mould, aren't you?

Not sure I agree with this

 

[Murdochcat]

I’m working on a property at the moment, the bathroom ceiling is covered in mould…..the job I’m doing is refurbing the windows and it’s obvious they haven’t been opened for years.

So opening the window, even just by a crack does help

 

[noseall]

So opening the window, even just by a crack does help

Ventilation helps yes. Making rooms cold in damp Winter months - no.