What’s on the Damp & Mould poster
A 3-row table: Type · Looks like · Cause.
Each type has a distinct pattern.
- Condensation — Black mould on cold surfaces, windows — Moist air, poor ventilation
- Penetrating damp — Patches on one wall, worse in rain — External defect
- Rising damp — Tidemark up to ~1 m — Failed damp course
Most household mould is condensation. Ventilation and heating fix it; a damp-proof course does not.
Questions about the Damp & Mould poster
- What’s on the Damp & Mould poster?
- A 3-row table: Type · Looks like · Cause. Each type has a distinct pattern. Condensation — Black mould on cold surfaces, windows — Moist air, poor ventilation; Penetrating damp — Patches on one wall, worse in rain — External defect; Rising damp — Tidemark up to ~1 m — Failed damp course. Most household mould is condensation. Ventilation and heating fix it; a damp-proof course does not.
- Who is the Damp & Mould poster for?
- Damp & Mould belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning home can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Damp & Mould poster?
- Identify the type before treating. Condensation and rising damp need opposite responses. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Damp & Mould belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Damp & Mould?
- Cleaning a Room, Cleaning Products and Decluttering sit alongside Damp & Mould in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Cleaning a RoomCleaning ProductsDecluttering
- Is the Damp & Mould poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Damp & Mould downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Damp & Mould poster print at?
- Damp & Mould is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Damp & Mould loses nothing.Printing guide
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