Gas Works

Can Radiators give out a vapour that is too high?

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.02 PM

Hi, After moving into a council house nearly 2 years ago I have suffered terrible condensation from Oct t end of May even though we have windows in bedrooms open for a good 30-45 minutes until out humidity readers drop to 60. As during the night they all rise to 70 and the cold hallway70-85. They also rise if its raining outside even though the heating is on in every room from 8am until 22.30 Within 3 months of decorating the house from top to bottom all the glosswork went cream. We also paid a lot of money to have many walls re-plastered as they were blistered, cracked and flaking when I moved in. Our clothing and bedding is very damp during winter time even though we ventilate and have heating on. It has now got that bad that the paint on glosswork is rippling and raising. The walls that we had plastered are all slowly going back to the horrendous state they were when we moved in. The window sills have gone terrible with what looks like great big patches missing and again the paint that we put on them has now lifted. And on some walls the paint is disappearing and the different colour paint underneath is slowly coming through. We spent a hell of a lot of money making the home decent and don't have any money to redo it all again. The Housing keep saying its me breathing, not putting lids on saucpeans, etc. Which is completely un true. We live strictly by all the correct ventilation rules etc. No-one else I know that has a house the same as mine have these problems. We cannot carry on living like this as our furniture is now getting ruined. One of my coffee table legs is blistering and cracking. We are scared to walk on the laminate as it feels like its going to crack due to it raising up slightly. We paid a lot to have the toilet tiled and the grout is now also cracking. I have a lot of health issues and have had to go on Morphine because of the bed being damp during the coldest months and even my adult son is feeling in pain with his bones. Seeing as no one around here has these problems and don't ventilate to an extreme point like me I am wondering if there is or could be such a problem as the radiators giving out too high a vapour that it's saturating the house. We have had the roof checked, etc for leaks. All pipework is fine. I would be grateful if someone in the gas trade would know if radiators can give out too high a vapour. We do have the boiler serviced twice per year and told its fine. Thankyou