xenie31
2014-08-14 22:39:17
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It's about an apartment and not a house. But I urgently need help!!!!
Hello, I moved into a new apartment with my children this year, which we had looked at last year while it was still occupied.
Before we moved in, the apartment was empty for 3 months over the winter, and when we arrived we had to find out that basically every room has mold.
We have a ground floor apartment, the basement is below us, and in every room there are exterior walls (we have the entire floor).
Our building must be at least 50 years old or older...
We have zero insulation. When it’s windy and I hold my long hair against the wall, it blows away.
I would like to insulate the apartment from the inside cheaply, since moving is currently not an option for cost reasons. I believe we only have the masonry, which has been wallpapered.
It’s almost freezing in the apartment every day, we have extremely high humidity in most rooms and therefore even more mold in the apartment.
For example, if I leave the window open for a long time in the evening in summer, creating a draft everywhere, the bed sheets are already damp again in the morning.
The current condition is very stressful because primarily I do not want to expose the children to any dangers.
If I don’t take the mattresses out to air them every other day, I have to fear that they will mold.
I think the strong humidity comes from the constant warm-cold cycle, right?
Today, it was about 15-16 degrees outside; therefore, the apartment was at most 18 degrees. If it’s 30 degrees outside during the day and the whole apartment is warmed up, it immediately gets cold here as soon as the temperature outside drops. (So at night then)
Please, can you tell me how I can insulate from the inside without causing even more mold in the apartment later (for example behind the insulation)? It should be as inexpensive as possible.
Hello, I moved into a new apartment with my children this year, which we had looked at last year while it was still occupied.
Before we moved in, the apartment was empty for 3 months over the winter, and when we arrived we had to find out that basically every room has mold.
We have a ground floor apartment, the basement is below us, and in every room there are exterior walls (we have the entire floor).
Our building must be at least 50 years old or older...
We have zero insulation. When it’s windy and I hold my long hair against the wall, it blows away.
I would like to insulate the apartment from the inside cheaply, since moving is currently not an option for cost reasons. I believe we only have the masonry, which has been wallpapered.
It’s almost freezing in the apartment every day, we have extremely high humidity in most rooms and therefore even more mold in the apartment.
For example, if I leave the window open for a long time in the evening in summer, creating a draft everywhere, the bed sheets are already damp again in the morning.
The current condition is very stressful because primarily I do not want to expose the children to any dangers.
If I don’t take the mattresses out to air them every other day, I have to fear that they will mold.
I think the strong humidity comes from the constant warm-cold cycle, right?
Today, it was about 15-16 degrees outside; therefore, the apartment was at most 18 degrees. If it’s 30 degrees outside during the day and the whole apartment is warmed up, it immediately gets cold here as soon as the temperature outside drops. (So at night then)
Please, can you tell me how I can insulate from the inside without causing even more mold in the apartment later (for example behind the insulation)? It should be as inexpensive as possible.