Fwom:andrewpreece )


My brother has an 1896 terraced cottage that has 19" solid walls. It has
suffered greatly from damp in the past, caused variously by a leaky
downpipe and cracked render. It took 18 months of dehumidifying to dry out
the walls.

He now wants to gut the kitchen and completely refit it, and is talking
about stripping all the plaster ( 3" of it ) off, and putting up some kind
of dampproof membrane before having it replastered. This is because last
year he found damp penetrating the kitchen wall, caused by a new crack in
the render: it's all sorted now, but he doesn't want a repeat performance
after the kitchen is fitted out.

To this end, he is proposing using some stuff he saw at Wickes: you paint it
on as a sort of bitumastic film, then throw dry sand on it whilst it's wet
to provide a key for the plaster.

Anyone used this stuff? Is it suitable for my brothers' intended use? Could
it exacerbate problems if there is a penetrating damp problem again? Any
insights appreciated,


This is altogether the wrong aproach. Ask the folks at
http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/cgi-...sing/forum2.pl
to explain why, and how it can be sorted out properly.

If you do the above you'll only have more problems in future.


NT

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Fwom:andrewpreece )


My brother has an 1896 terraced cottage that has 19" solid walls. It has
suffered greatly from damp in the past, caused variously by a leaky
downpipe and cracked render. It took 18 months of dehumidifying to dry
out
the walls.

He now wants to gut the kitchen and completely refit it, and is talking
about stripping all the plaster ( 3" of it ) off, and putting up some
kind
of dampproof membrane before having it replastered. This is because last
year he found damp penetrating the kitchen wall, caused by a new crack in
the render: it's all sorted now, but he doesn't want a repeat performance
after the kitchen is fitted out.

To this end, he is proposing using some stuff he saw at Wickes: you paint
it
on as a sort of bitumastic film, then throw dry sand on it whilst it's
wet
to provide a key for the plaster.

Anyone used this stuff? Is it suitable for my brothers' intended use?
Could
it exacerbate problems if there is a penetrating damp problem again? Any
insights appreciated,


This is altogether the wrong aproach. Ask the folks at
http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/cgi-...sing/forum2.pl
to explain why, and how it can be sorted out properly.

If you do the above you'll only have more problems in future.


NT

Thanks for that, I have reposted the query there and will see if anything
turns up,

cheers,

Andy.