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A bedroom in my father in laws house on the ground floor has a damp smell in it. It has two internal walls (hall&kitchen) and two external, the floorboards were lifted a few years ago and a new concrete floor was poured and a wooden floor installed on top which shows no signs of warping. There are no signs of dampness on the walls just a smell which vastly improves after a dose of a dehumidifier, there are however signs of dampness in the kitchen (this was a flat roof extension built god knows when) above the kitchen units and inside the units themselves (black mouldy type stuff). Also my father I laws kitchen is the only kitchen I know that when you store salt it becomes very damp!?
the mouldy stuff is the smell. Probably due to condensation caused by not enough ventilation.
Why was a concrete floor laid - is it a old house whose ventilation was never designed for concrete floors?
Um damp? 😉
Why was a concrete floor laid - is it a old house whose ventilation was never designed for concrete floors?
It's an old house, there's no ventilation slots in the external walls in the bedroom. There's no mouldy stuff in the bedroom...
Is there an Indian Burial Ground below the house?
m_f you beat me to it ! How long since you laid eyes on your mother-in-law ?
Inadaquate External drainage can cause issues too, In my kitchen I found the earth around the foundations to be hardpacked against the walls; dug it out to 6-12inches filled it with gravel with a gradual run off damp issue was resolved. But check ventilation and for poltergiests 🙂
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m_f you beat me to it ! How long since you laid eyes on your mother-in-law ?
Never met her she died before I met my wife.