Hi,
First time posting, I live in a traditional 1930s semi with bay fronted windows been here about 10 years. About 5 years ago I redecorated the front room and took the orginal skirting boards off ( first mistake) and replaced with MDF skirting (2nd mistake) after a few months, along the internal wall that joins with next doors front room, that section of skirting was turning green with mould and tracking up the wall onto my new wallpaper. So took that off and replace that section with pine skirting....few months later the skirting was ok but the wall paper had white fluffy mould growing on it and a bit of a musty smell....now I left it and periodically cleaned it off and just lived with it. Last month had a bit of a switch around with the rooms and starting using it as the main sitting room and I just couldn't stand the smell in there musty / damp....so in a fit of frustration I pulled all my wallpaper off and the wall was wet from the skirting board to about a foot up the wall....then in another fit of frustration I starting pulling up the hard wood oak floor which was sitting on plywood which was on top of the orginal floor boards....the smell was horrible damp and musty. I'm only partway through the job but some of the orginal broads have green dusty mould on them. For context my front room as had the chimney breast removed by previous owner. Any one have any idea what to do next I'm going to pull a couple of the boards up and see whats going on underneath but I'm worried I've opened a right can of worms with no idea why the wall is so wet or what to do about it. Any advice greatly appreciated.





First time posting, I live in a traditional 1930s semi with bay fronted windows been here about 10 years. About 5 years ago I redecorated the front room and took the orginal skirting boards off ( first mistake) and replaced with MDF skirting (2nd mistake) after a few months, along the internal wall that joins with next doors front room, that section of skirting was turning green with mould and tracking up the wall onto my new wallpaper. So took that off and replace that section with pine skirting....few months later the skirting was ok but the wall paper had white fluffy mould growing on it and a bit of a musty smell....now I left it and periodically cleaned it off and just lived with it. Last month had a bit of a switch around with the rooms and starting using it as the main sitting room and I just couldn't stand the smell in there musty / damp....so in a fit of frustration I pulled all my wallpaper off and the wall was wet from the skirting board to about a foot up the wall....then in another fit of frustration I starting pulling up the hard wood oak floor which was sitting on plywood which was on top of the orginal floor boards....the smell was horrible damp and musty. I'm only partway through the job but some of the orginal broads have green dusty mould on them. For context my front room as had the chimney breast removed by previous owner. Any one have any idea what to do next I'm going to pull a couple of the boards up and see whats going on underneath but I'm worried I've opened a right can of worms with no idea why the wall is so wet or what to do about it. Any advice greatly appreciated.




