Nanopixel
2023-12-11 01:00:57
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Hello everyone,
this concerns the same room (living room) that I had already mentioned here some time ago in with a slightly different problem.
Back then it was about the constantly fogged-up panes on the sliding door. Over time it has become clear that the moisture does not only settle there, but also on the ceiling above. This causes mold to repeatedly form here, along the entire edge of the ceiling – no matter how often the mold is removed.
Recently, when the temperatures dropped below 0 again, the temperature of the ceiling in the middle was about 19°C, at the edge about 5°C! You could directly see the droplets forming there.
One additional fact that I had never paid attention to: Above this side of the room there is a balcony. I only became aware of this when I recently looked at the building plan. (Picture attached: the room on the upper floor with balcony, the size of the room below with the mold problem marked with red dashed lines.)
I suspect that the fact that at this edge there is a balcony (18 cm concrete slab) instead of heated living space above significantly contributes to the area being so cold that the ceiling becomes like a dripstone cave.
How can this condition be improved? Here are my own thoughts with a request to comment on how sensible my considerations are:
1. Insulation of the balcony above + new floor covering. Problems: Only limited possible build-up height due to the low threshold of the balcony door. Also, the apartment is currently rented out.
2. Insulation of the ceiling on the ground floor, where the balcony is above. Problems: Should one insulate on the "warm" side? Insulate the entire ceiling, although only about 1 m at the edge is necessary? Or insulate only 1 m wide and build a boxed-in area around it, with built-in lighting, so that it looks as if it’s supposed to be that way ;-)
3. Combination of 1 and 2?
Thanks in advance to all commenters.
this concerns the same room (living room) that I had already mentioned here some time ago in with a slightly different problem.
Back then it was about the constantly fogged-up panes on the sliding door. Over time it has become clear that the moisture does not only settle there, but also on the ceiling above. This causes mold to repeatedly form here, along the entire edge of the ceiling – no matter how often the mold is removed.
Recently, when the temperatures dropped below 0 again, the temperature of the ceiling in the middle was about 19°C, at the edge about 5°C! You could directly see the droplets forming there.
One additional fact that I had never paid attention to: Above this side of the room there is a balcony. I only became aware of this when I recently looked at the building plan. (Picture attached: the room on the upper floor with balcony, the size of the room below with the mold problem marked with red dashed lines.)
I suspect that the fact that at this edge there is a balcony (18 cm concrete slab) instead of heated living space above significantly contributes to the area being so cold that the ceiling becomes like a dripstone cave.
How can this condition be improved? Here are my own thoughts with a request to comment on how sensible my considerations are:
1. Insulation of the balcony above + new floor covering. Problems: Only limited possible build-up height due to the low threshold of the balcony door. Also, the apartment is currently rented out.
2. Insulation of the ceiling on the ground floor, where the balcony is above. Problems: Should one insulate on the "warm" side? Insulate the entire ceiling, although only about 1 m at the edge is necessary? Or insulate only 1 m wide and build a boxed-in area around it, with built-in lighting, so that it looks as if it’s supposed to be that way ;-)
3. Combination of 1 and 2?
Thanks in advance to all commenters.