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Ha. Well, we'll see. Every little helps.
Those retrofit ventillation locks from Wickes OTOH are a total waste of time. They don't lock! At best they could be described as a ventillation "prop" as in, they prop open the window. You could acheive the same effect with a brick/book/pencil/cat/ANYTHING wedged in the window frame. With them fitted you can just reach in, flip the bolt across and open the window. Useless. Am now looking for quites for new windows because I refuse to live in a damp mouldy house.
In other exciting damp related news: following an extensive survey last night (including crawling into a service tunnel and literally getting covered in cobwebs) I have discovered that the bathroom extractor fan is fine, just piss weak and will be replaced.
Also discovered that the source of much of the damp smell is in the storage cupboard off the windowless bathroom. General bathroom steam and dampness has been exacerbated by rivers of water condensing on the cold water pipes and dripping onto the floor. The floorboards are completely rotten and smelly. That's all going to have to come up. Going to lag all the pipes this week too.
Anyone have any experience of using concrete screws/anchors? I have need of some industrial strength attachments to suspend a heavy weight from the underside of a concrete balcony.