Forgive me if any of the below doesn't use correct terms etc. or I am posting in the wrong place - I am completely clueless over these things, but would appreciate any advice.....
My husband and I purchased a 2 bed terraced house 9 years ago, I think around 1940s construction. Before moving in we stripped off all the existing paper and then hung lining paper which we painted over.
Last year (so 8 years later) we repainted the walls. About 6 months later (and 2 weeks before I was due to give birth) I noticed some discolouration on a wall to the bottom right of the front bay window. This was/is patchy (almost brownish) water marks about a meter high.
On further inspection, we found that the whole of our ground floor has a wavy water mark about 30cm high running along the walls. These are all internal walls. There is no black mold/crystals just these 'tide marks' We also have a concrete floor. There were no signs of damp when we purchased the property (although the damp company who did the survey have since closed down).
So cue huge panic from me. We called in a surveyor who said rising damp, never seen anything like it in 30 years and advised stripping back all the walls to brick and replastering with sand/cement.
Cue further huge panic from me. We weren't in a position to do anything about it what with me about to give birth any day, but I realise we can't leave it as it is.
We checked with our neighbours and they say no signs of it in their houses.
Any suggestions/advice would be much appreciated. Is this going to be as huge and expensive a job as I am imagining?
My husband and I purchased a 2 bed terraced house 9 years ago, I think around 1940s construction. Before moving in we stripped off all the existing paper and then hung lining paper which we painted over.
Last year (so 8 years later) we repainted the walls. About 6 months later (and 2 weeks before I was due to give birth) I noticed some discolouration on a wall to the bottom right of the front bay window. This was/is patchy (almost brownish) water marks about a meter high.
On further inspection, we found that the whole of our ground floor has a wavy water mark about 30cm high running along the walls. These are all internal walls. There is no black mold/crystals just these 'tide marks' We also have a concrete floor. There were no signs of damp when we purchased the property (although the damp company who did the survey have since closed down).
So cue huge panic from me. We called in a surveyor who said rising damp, never seen anything like it in 30 years and advised stripping back all the walls to brick and replastering with sand/cement.
Cue further huge panic from me. We weren't in a position to do anything about it what with me about to give birth any day, but I realise we can't leave it as it is.
We checked with our neighbours and they say no signs of it in their houses.
Any suggestions/advice would be much appreciated. Is this going to be as huge and expensive a job as I am imagining?