lukonstanze
2020-02-06 10:29:28
- #1
Hello everyone,
I have been living in a new shared apartment since August and have had to realize since the winter months that I have enormous problems with the air in my room. Completely dried out skin (flaking on the face and hair), dry hands, feet, and dust-dry mucous membranes trouble me. I have not yet had the opportunity or a device to measure the humidity, but both my girlfriend and friends from home experience the same when they visit. I really have no idea what could be causing all this. We live here by Lake Constance, where even in winter the outside humidity is about 80%. I generally like it rather cool and, especially considering the relatively warm winter anyway, haven’t even turned on the heating yet. Whether I sleep with the window closed or open makes only a marginal difference. I am aware of the various home remedies, but as a student, I don’t have laundry every day that needs drying, nor would towels or water-filled containers on the radiator do me any good since the heating isn’t running anyway. I have plants, which strangely, as soon as they have been in my room for a few days, develop slight mold on the soil (I water very sparingly)... Of course, I have also considered whether there might be hidden mold growth (which immediately spreads to the plants), but there are no further indications of this. No odor, no pests, and dry skin and mucous membranes are really not known effects of mold. Furthermore, it is strange that my roommates have no problems at all. My room is quietly located at the back yard, northeast. Their rooms face the main street, southwest. I am less concerned about what I can do about it since only electrical support remains anyway. I am much more interested in how this contradiction is possible. I have been living in this city for a year, previously lived in another shared apartment but of similar building material (50s-60s multi-family house), and did not have this problem. The heating circuit is the last cause I consider. Next to my room is the bathroom including a gas boiler; the circuit begins in my room. That means, although I don’t heat, warm pipes run through the walls once around my room. However, since my roommates hardly heat either, and the system doesn’t run at night anyway, this is not a convincing explanation for me. I would be very grateful for help and attempts at explanation.
I have been living in a new shared apartment since August and have had to realize since the winter months that I have enormous problems with the air in my room. Completely dried out skin (flaking on the face and hair), dry hands, feet, and dust-dry mucous membranes trouble me. I have not yet had the opportunity or a device to measure the humidity, but both my girlfriend and friends from home experience the same when they visit. I really have no idea what could be causing all this. We live here by Lake Constance, where even in winter the outside humidity is about 80%. I generally like it rather cool and, especially considering the relatively warm winter anyway, haven’t even turned on the heating yet. Whether I sleep with the window closed or open makes only a marginal difference. I am aware of the various home remedies, but as a student, I don’t have laundry every day that needs drying, nor would towels or water-filled containers on the radiator do me any good since the heating isn’t running anyway. I have plants, which strangely, as soon as they have been in my room for a few days, develop slight mold on the soil (I water very sparingly)... Of course, I have also considered whether there might be hidden mold growth (which immediately spreads to the plants), but there are no further indications of this. No odor, no pests, and dry skin and mucous membranes are really not known effects of mold. Furthermore, it is strange that my roommates have no problems at all. My room is quietly located at the back yard, northeast. Their rooms face the main street, southwest. I am less concerned about what I can do about it since only electrical support remains anyway. I am much more interested in how this contradiction is possible. I have been living in this city for a year, previously lived in another shared apartment but of similar building material (50s-60s multi-family house), and did not have this problem. The heating circuit is the last cause I consider. Next to my room is the bathroom including a gas boiler; the circuit begins in my room. That means, although I don’t heat, warm pipes run through the walls once around my room. However, since my roommates hardly heat either, and the system doesn’t run at night anyway, this is not a convincing explanation for me. I would be very grateful for help and attempts at explanation.