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Washington man’s despair at mould on the windows of his children’s windows in their Gentoo home.

Sandy Smith: This couple have tried to highlight a problem they have and it would be obvious that before telling their story to a newspaper, that they would have tried out many methods to solve the issue!!

Courtney Smith: It is condensation and replacing the frames won’t help.

John Wild: We waited years to get our roof fixed but they wouldn’t go up when it was wet and couldn’t find it when it was dry. Wasn’t until our bedroom ceiling caved in that they finally did something, never did fix the damp it caused though.

Gillian Scaife: Come on the mould on the windows can be washed off you can get mould spray for a £1 it dosen’t get it all off but does help and makes it look better.

Margaret McManus:

It's from condensation, I have it in my house, a bit of elbow grease and the right cleaning product and leave the window open a crack.

Dehumidifier if you can afford one.

Neil Marsden: It is 100% condensation, changing the windows won't help, neither will replacing a tile.

Karen Simmons: I open windows and use mould spray and still they do nothing.

Tony Lavelle: You may laugh but this really works, fill some old socks with cat litter and tie a knot at the top, put these on the affected window sills and it will stop. I change it monthly.

Magaret Graham: Dangerous living in mould that bad.

Kevin Leary: Windows do need to be open for a while to let air circulate to control the condensation. Modern double glazing with central heating on too high and too long causes the mould problem.

Caitlin Collier: I was left with mould this bad throughout my full house for two years even when I had a new born, hope this family gets sorted.

Margaret Jones: I have the same issue.