Cement Rendering / Damp
On Nov 3, 7:07*pm, wrote:
Hi all,
thanks for the replies.
The damp is in the inside of the external walls but also in the dividing wall.
It goes up about 4 feet.
The plaster seems to stop about an inch above the floor.
I say it's *in* the walls. The bricks are actually damp.
There's no radiator in the kitchen but I had one put in the extension. It seems to dry out the wall until it rains again.
It could be that the DPC has been bridged but I can't even see a DPC to be honest. The bricks were painted black. The paint had peeled about below where the patch of hollow render is.
Could it be a water course under the extension?
Thanks again all.
If an internal wall is damp that points to either a massive
temperature/humidity difference between the two sides of the wall or
faulty damp proof course.
What sort ofDPC is fitted?
If it is the felt it is probably OK If slate/engineering bricks it
might not be.
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