Lobster wrote:
wrote:
nightjar wrote:

The Building Research Establishment did extensive tests, to try to detect
rising damp, by standing various building materials in water for prolonged
periods. They concluded that damp does not rise more than, at most, a few
inches, which implies that the DPC is entirely superfluous. Good ventilation
is far more important for avoiding damp problems.

Do you have a link for this study Colin?

IIRC it was one that Jeff Howell was involved in or at least reported in
some depth - there seems to be much less info about it on his site now,
but I think the graphs in this link refer to the same study:

http://www.askjeff.co.uk/content.php?id=3

David

Thanks - I just wish the BRE study were online somewhere


NT