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Maintenance of Neptuno

Posted: Tue Jun 2, 2020 12:24pm
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Cat47

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Please can anyone help with advice on the following:

What’s the best way to keep the shutter blinds oiled and working smoothly?

Hints on how to avoid the damp problem in the built in wardrobes. My clothes etc small of damp and some pillows stored at the top have gone mouldy!

Any advice gratefully accepted  

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Posted: Tue Jun 2, 2020 2:42pm

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Posted: Tue Jun 2, 2020 2:42pm

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Thanks for the reply. We used to run a guesthouse in an 11 bedroom Victorian house, so we understand the importance of airing the rooms. I must admit I was not expecting problems in a modern house in Spain. 

The bathroom windows are always open and bedrooms all day. So I now have to leave the wardrobe doors open most of the time too . Drying clothes in doors and damp towels has always been a no no. 

No sign of damp patches or obvious reasons inside or out as to why there is a problem. 

Thanks anyway for your input. 

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 8:30am

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 8:30am

Put bowls of cat litter in the wardrobes. It's cheap and works.

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 8:47am

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 8:47am

Sunnyspain wrote on Wed Jun 3, 2020 8:30am:

Put bowls of cat litter in the wardrobes. It's cheap and works.

Thanks. I will try that! 

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:19pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:19pm

Hi kat,  You need to have some form of dry heat source in the bedroom ,especially in Winter. You can get low wattage wall mounted electric panels to give background heat. Easy to install and do the trick re condensation and dampness, an inherent trait of Masa un-insulated houses I'm afraid.  You're doing the right thing by leaving air circulation into the wardrobes and cupboards. I have lined the outside wall of mine with polystyrene tiles and now have no problems. Otherwise get insulation boards fitted everywhere, - a more expensive remedy.

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Christine 75

Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:42pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:42pm

By the way Kat, you don't have to oil or otherwise maintain roller shutters. - Just use them carefully !  Mine have lasted 15 years with no problems other than pulling them up too far into their housing at the top. Easily pulled out again manually with tongs or pliers. If I did have any problems, I would ring Brian Jones to fix them. He advertises regularly in the Calida Chronicle and other freebie mags.

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:54pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:54pm

Sunnyspain wrote on Wed Jun 3, 2020 8:30am:

Put bowls of cat litter in the wardrobes. It's cheap and works.

And you could use the lavender scent litter they sell in Consum for a pleasant smell as well.

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 6:07pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 6:07pm

PhilTox wrote on Wed Jun 3, 2020 1:54pm:

And you could use the lavender scent litter they sell in Consum for a pleasant smell as well.

All the above v helpful. Thanks folks!! 😁

Christine 75

Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 10:03pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 10:03pm

If you use cat litter, scented or otherwise, make sure you don't have any cats in the house - or you'll regret it, because they'll use it !

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 10:30pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2020 10:30pm

Cat47

I hope you are not using bottled gas heaters at all ??

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