On 23 Dec 2003 10:40:19 -0800, (Robin Smith)
wrote:

Hi Christian,

Thank you for your response.

I had a Valiant Gas Boiler installed recently, which I guess is
properly vented - it certainly has a vent to the exterior wall.

I do indeed dry clothes in the hall, not by putting them on a
radiator, but by using a Victorian clothes dryer. I suppose this
cannot help. I also have a washer/dryer (a Bosch Classixx Wash and
Dry) with no apparent external vent. Combining this with a
dishwasher, and cooking, I guess that (as you say) an external kitchen
extractor would be no bad thing, so think I will go ahead and get that
fitted, and see whether the downstairs mustiness goes away.

I guess it might not, but I suppose that it may be general consequence
of the poor design of what is a converted house rather than a purpose
built flat.


Sorry, missed the first part of this thread.

If you are drying clothes in the house, all the moisture in the
clothes (think of the weight of a wet sweater/pair of jeans, etc)
ends up in the atmosphere.

If you have damp problems that's just a No-No.

I'd suggest you vent the kitchen with a (not the smallest) ventilator,
and same with the bathroom. And you dry your clothes in there, and
keep the door shut.

Search the web for "Airflow".


Thank you again.

Robin.


DG