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Chris Bacon
 
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Default Damp treatment for *severe* penetrating damp

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Or can we just repoint, knock off and replaster with waterproofer added
to the plaster mix?


Is it an old house (how old?) or new?


Victorian terrace


Make sure that whoever re-points uses either lime mortar
(unlikely for most builders as it's a PITA for them) or
1:1:6, which is much more likely and OK for builders -
not straight cement:sand, even "with a plasticiser, mate,
so it's OK" (because it's not OK). Just a small point