{"id":31696,"date":"2021-11-09T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31696"},"modified":"2021-11-09T17:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:47:19","slug":"ihbccop26-signpost-from-the-times-why-british-houses-are-so-damp-and-mouldy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31696","title":{"rendered":"IHBC@COP26 signpost from The Times: \u2018Why British houses [are] so damp and mouldy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The<\/em> Times<\/em> is asking \u2018Why are British houses so damp and mouldy?\u2019, while noting that\u2026 \u2018It\u2019s easy to blame the climate, but there are other reasons why our homes are blighted by disturbing growths.<\/h3>\n
image: for illustration purposes only – Jonathan Taylor<\/em><\/h6>\n

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…she found a disturbing mustard-coloured mushroom-type growth proliferating between the back of his wardrobe and the outside wall…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Times<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Why are British homes so blighted by damp and mould? Blame the climate, humid and getting wetter every season. Blame the building industry, cutting corners and scratching their heads since records began. And blame the homeowners for, among other sins, paving over their front gardens right up the exterior wall of the house, leaving increased rainfall nowhere to go but indoors through inadequate damp-courses and cracks. Blame millennials taking too many showers.<\/p>\n

One homeowner, who wishes to remain anonymous, recently investigated a stranger than usual musty smell in her teenage son\u2019s bedroom. To her horror, she found a disturbing mustard-coloured mushroom-type growth proliferating between the back of his wardrobe and the outside wall\u2026.<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a>\u00a0(Restricted access)<\/p>\n

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Why is IHBC@COP26? Because \u2018Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Join IHBC\u2019s globally accessible virtual built and historic environment \u2018<\/em>Conservation Helpdesk+<\/em><\/a>\u2019, #IHBCHelpdesk #CultureCOP26 \u2013 open 31\/10 to 12\/11)<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen the IHBC@COP26\u00a0\u2018Climate and Conservation\u2019 Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0anytime, or from the\u00a0\u2018<\/em>Conservation Helpdesk+<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

See how\u00a0<\/em>\u2018Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n

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Visit the IHBC\u2019s globally accessible virtual built and historic environment \u2018Conservation Helpdesk+<\/a>\u2019 service, open each day of COP26, generally 3-8PM local time.<\/p>\n

Keep up to date on our \u2018Climate and Conservation\u2019 IHBC@COP26 Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n

See the IHBC\u2019s \u2018Sustainability and Conservation of the Historic Built Environment \u2013 an IHBC Position Statement<\/em><\/a>\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

See the IHBC NewsBlogs<\/a>, and sign up for the free news service HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Times is asking \u2018Why are British houses so damp and mouldy?\u2019, while noting that\u2026 \u2018It\u2019s easy to blame the climate, but there are other reasons why our homes are blighted by disturbing growths. image: for illustration purposes only – … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31729,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31696\/revisions\/31729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}