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Sorry, meant to reply earlier but been a busy day. Condensation can be a bitch to resolve, I look at umpteen places a month with issues like this. There are various things you can try or ask the housing association about trying. The amount of moisture that air can hold changes with temp, the colder it is the less it can hold (so the relative humidity goes up) to the point where if it gets cold enough and the RH gets to 100% then condensation will occur. Its a bit like sitting outside with a cold beer, the air in contact with the cold glass cools until condensation occurs. The aim is therefore to keep the internal surfaces warm enough or the humidity low enough so that the dew point is not reached and condensation doesn't occur. Keeping the heating on low all the time rather than a spike of heating twice a day is good advice but obviously it costs money. When you have a shower keep the door closed and open the window, use the biggest possible extract fan- have it on over run for 15 mins after the light is turned off. You can also get them with humidistats in so they come on when the humidity reaches a certain level. Make sure the kitchen extract actually vents to the exterior, some cooker hoods just run the air through a carbon filter to remove the smell and then recirculate it back into the room. Do your windows have trickle vents, if not they can sometimes be retrofitted. You can also get air bricks which can be fitted to help promote ventilation, they need to be sleeved across the cavity and good ones have baffles in to prevent drafts and external noise. Using a dehumidifier can help but it needs to be left running and the tank emptied so it doesn't cut out. Let the air circulate around the house rather than keeping doors closed. Don't dry clothes on radiators, ensure tumble dryers vent to the exterior (or are of the condensing type) Avoid having furniture close to external walls where the condensation occurs as it reduces air circulation. Increasing insulation where possible, assume this is something the HA will need to do. Try to avoid using any paint other than basic emulsion, possibly with a fungicide in it. Paints containing latex (vinyl silk etc) stop the walls from breathing but if its already been decorated its too late. Some people have good success with positive input ventilation, again its something the HA would need to fit but a bungalow is an ideal property to fit these to. There are several firms making these units such as - https://www.nuaire.co.uk/residential-ventilation-systems-nuaire/positive-input-ventilation-systems-piv-nuaire Try opening the windows on opposite sides of the house for a few mins every couple of hrs to change the air. The germans have a word for this - its something they habitually do. Sorry for war and peace but I hope some of it might help. Sorry if you already know all this, don't mean to teach my grandma to suck eggs. Let me know if I can provide any further info or help.

It sounds like it could be condensation, in which case it’s a matter of controlling the humidity within the property rather than looking for an external source of moisture. Using a paint with a mild fungicide in it might help control the mould (eg Dulux Mouldshield) but it won’t stop the condensation, if that’s what it is.

… don’t let the old man in. Arab saying about getting older which I try to remember as bits of me start hurting and aching, and threatening to stop me doing the things I want to.

C90 Adventures is pretty good, but only updated infrequently…

60 next birthday ( September ), in my head in still 22, or if you asked my wife she’d say say mentally I’m about 12

Cheers, I only do metric, even tho I’m old My wife is American and they have all sorts of bloody odd measurements over there. “ Construction in 2500 feet, buy this 32 oz cup of Sprite, you need 4 cups of flour for this recipe “ … bloody witchcraft…

I had to look up 16st10, I have no idea how many pounds in a stone I’m 100kg and 193cm and I think I need to drop 5 kg. I just need to get started …

Colin Furze, he’s done some pretty mental things but this might be the craziest. I’m suprised he didn’t chop his own legs off

Here you go Zac, proof...

It’s not a star, it’s a circle. Scraping the barrel a bit now Zac…

At least he's good comedy value, however shit your day has been you can turn on the news and laugh at his latest pontifications.

Its that or a v-max or possibly an Indian scout. The first two would undoubtedly be easier to flog on if and when needed. When the weather gets a bit better I need to go try them.

I'm a bit bigger than average so it might suit me, but have to admit I've never sat on one...

That looks lovely, I assume by the lack of Costa coffee cups, assorted red bull cans and N2O canisters littered about the place it isn't in the UK.

I have a hankering for a Triumph Rocket, I need to do the man maths to justify it, and I can just about fit another bike in the garage ...

Hey Zak ... Is this witchcraft, or basic physics (which you seem to have slept through at school)... quite obviously it's witchcraft because having shadows going in differing directions from a point light source is impossible.

Hey Zak, you ain’t the dumbest guy in the world, but you better hope he doesn’t die… How many sources does the light come from in this photo?

Is your word salad aimed at me? Every crackpot argument someone here proves to be rubbish just pushes you back to the web to come up with something else. Do your own research into why whatever you come up with is crap, I would say it’s not my job to educate you but I’m not sure educating you is possible. You are determined to believe this no matter how often you are shown your latest “evidence “ is wrong. No idea what you are on about with the golf stuff and I’ve never seen a video of the flag flapping, I cannot believe one exists.

Garbage ... 2/10, taken out of context, clearly aimed at the easily led. Watch the whole interview where he mentions more about the trip/landing/coming home. In your part clip he is clearly referring to why we haven't been back to the moon in a long while as per the question he was asked by the young girl. Buzz once actually punched a conspiracy theorist in the chops - wasn't you was it? Whole interview - How ever many times your flimsy "proofs" are shown to be inaccurate you just go back to the web to look for more rather than actually think about the accuracy of what you post. It's called confirmation bias, look it up.

Yeah, a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent

Evidently reading isn’t your strong point. I didn’t respond to any of your “facts” , just your comment to zzzzack, I suggest you go back and read what I posted, preferably with help from an adult.

No, some people are oblivious to the fact that their argument is incorrect.

… the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over ( showing someone why their argument is wrong) and expecting different results

We know the astronaut wouldn’t cook because, well … physics. A page or two back you posted a few memes on why NASA hadn’t been to the moon, two of them have been easily disproved. Does that not make you question the veracity of the others which are bandied around to support your argument? If further arguments are disproved are you just going to keep trawling the net for more ad infinitum? We could still be having this discussion in 10 years because there are literally millions of “it can’t be true because of xyz” arguments out there. How many crackpot arguments being disproved would it take for you to accept that man has been to the moon?

When I was writing my post above I was wondering if you were serious in your posts or just trying to get a reaction, hence the content, but oh wow, you really do seem to believe it. since you have been rattling on about cooking lamb I suggest you do a bit of research about the physics of heat transfer. When you put your dinner in the oven there will be a heater somewhere in there which heats up the air in the oven and fan to circulate it around your leg of lamb. Leg of lamb is in direct contact with hot air and heat transfer occurs by conduction. There is no atmosphere on the moon so there is no medium to allow heat transfer by conduction. The ambient temp in space is close to absolute zero. When you step out of shadow into sunshine the heat you are feeling is the suns radiation, much like putting your hand under an infra red lamp or those radiant heaters you see outside pubs. Next time you are out for a beer try putting a bit of a Mylar heat blanket between you and the radiant heater. Surprise surprise you will find the heating effect disappears. Anything light coloured or reflective with achieve broadly the same effect. Space suits contain multiple layers of reflective material just for that purpose, and its occupant will be wearing clothing containing water tubes the circulation of which can be adjusted by the wearer to heat or cool as required. Have a look at the design of the James Web telescope ( unless you think that is a conspiracy too). For it to function correctly the telescope side needs to be as close to 0 kelvin as possible. The other side which faces the suns radiation is 400k or so. To get from 400k down to 40k or so all you need are 5 layers of very reflective Mylar type material. Body temp at 37c is 310kelvin.