On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:14:33 -0000, "Chris Styles"
wrote:

Hi,

A friend is looking to buy a Victorian Terraced house, and it doesn't have a
damp course.

After spinning her an elaborate story about having the entire house sliced
out of the terrace and lifted up on blocks while a damp course is fitted, I
promised to ask around to find out how much she should expect to pay to have
a chemical DPC done.

I seem to recall someone else having the chemical DPC, and it requiring a
certain amount of replastering to be done after, because the plaster had to
be stripped back at the bottom of the wall. Is this normal (or even anything
to do with the DPC?)

Any hints, tips gratefully received.


We were quoted £650 by Dampco for two inside walls - one about 7 foot
long and one about 4 foot. This included removal and replacement of
plaster but not radiators present.
On moving into the property, we see no signs of damp at all - dunno
what Dampco were detecting but I can't see or fell or smell anything
at all, so we have just left it alone..

On my old house, we had the front exterior wall done (15 foot long)
and it cost £1000 25 years ago.