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Go back far enough and 🍺 was brewed on the premises. Let's face it the hops were on the doorstep round here.

I've been to the pub two nights in a row. (Looking like it might be a third). Pub quiz last night, just my daughter and I on our team. Never done one before. My hurriedly thought up team name seemed to be appreciated. Apt seeing as we live down in the valley depths...where it's incidentally very damp with lots of exotic and no doubt esoteric green mould...

His house is definitely bad for my mental health.

The outside air no, the inside air yes.

A figure of 72% internal humidity explains everything. https://www.oxford.gov.uk/info/20271/guidance_for_private_tenants/1129/preventing_damp_and_mould#:~:text=A good range of indoor,minimise or control dust mites.

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Presumably then neither vacuum flasks or refrigerators work in Fern Gulley as the whole area defies the laws of physics.

My sentiments exactly.

Erm yes I do. Lowest house in the valley pretty much. The road next to me is a seasonal water course. Watercress grows along the roadside. Steep valley walls meaning at certain times of the year we get hardly any sun and a frost pit in winter. The NW, NE facing and shallow SE roofs are covered in thick green moss. I know all about damp and that it is not in any way insurmountable. Just needs good design, all which can be found on here. It's the time and money element I struggle with!

What's the paint that's going on the timber?

Perimeter drainage and how the ground slopes (or not) away from the house helps I'm sure. We had a concrete path laid tight to the North facing wall above the DPC on one of the "modern" extension sections of the house (circa 1950 😂). Damp had come through the cavity wall. Not helped by the rubble filled cavity! When I removed the path it all dried out fine.

Ar$e level! 👍

Unfortunately I did buy it...

If there's something strange in your neighborhood or if there's something weird and it don't look good, who you gonna call? Maybe it's ectoplasm?

Chicken Run?

Anecdotal evidence these sorts of mould spores can lead to dementia like illnesses. https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/can-mold-harm-your-brain Could explain a lot.....

@ProDave went on to say that a duct will future proof the install.

I used this solid DNO duct. The SWA runs in that. Then I've 20mm flex conduits within that with the Cat-5, screened flex etc in. Think this was a tenner win on eBay. Add the petrol picking it up from Esher 😂

SWMBO here says she has to regularly wipe clean the insides of some window frames to remove mould. Especially bad around the old Everest patio door, aluminium frame, double glazed etc. The edges of the frame almost certainly wouldn't have been foamed etc. Likely great cold bridges.

If you re silicone you could use Forever White. Has anti mould stuff in it and works.

You really need to stop thinking yourself into a corner here over the damp. Nothing is impossible. I'll grant it's likely more difficult and potentially expensive given the fabric of an old stone cottage. Go back far enough and these buildings would have been very air leaky around the walls and doors with no insulation. Heated by a single or multiple open fires with a chimney. By "modernising" we often stop the building from breathing. By having a well insulated area with little moving air like room corners its a magnet for dust that gets damp then mould spores etc. Particularly adjacent to windows is an issue where cold bridging can occur. Sadly I'd almost guarantee your builders would not have taken the same care you did to seal your window perimeters. They may or may not have foamed the edges. Even then it will have been hit and miss. On the subject of old ways...don't overlook cleaning. I'm not saying you're not but you're a bloke, remember your smelly washing machine saga? When my lad was at uni in his various digs, everytime we visited, SWMBO would go equipped like Mrs Mop with bleach wipes and remove exactly the same looking mould from round the windows. Again, old properties with added uPVC.

Utter BS.

Knock the earth electrode through the bottom of the pool once finished. It'll keep the soil nice and damp and make for a nice low Ra Or not... 😂

The 40% I pay hurts enough!

Not having to pay 45% tax anymore must help? 😂