Recent content by edgarina

Hi, I have a terraced 1910 build house with a large kitchen but the DPC must have failed as the concrete floor is damp. Its a rental property and I simply don't have the money to dig out and start again, thousands in losses last few years. The DPC on the surrounding walls is also a bit poor...

Thanks for the replies. Yes there is no time for an independent opinion or I will lose the returning students. Good point about the high skirting this had crossed my mind. In places the replastering after the injecting, when ever this was done, did go below the line of the injected course, to...

Surely you could just 'tank' the area you want dry solving the damp and space problem. E.g. apply a damp proof plaster. The problem with this being it isn't cheap. You can seal the floor easily enough but as one of the previous posts said that wont guarentee a completely dry area and...

Sorry to post two questions so close together. I have a concrete kitchen floor that is slightly damp over basically the whole surface, there is also a little damp on one of the walls also that is a party wall. It smells though having removed the lino it may just dry a bit and smell less...

Fait comment woody, yes am trying to line up some 'experts' for comment next week but again from reading (sorry i'm a researcher thats what I do) I gather if you get a damp proofing injector expert in 9 times out of 10 they will, surprise surprise, recommend injecting guarenteeing it wont affect...

Hi Everyone, I own and rent a 1920's terraced house with some damp issues and want to do more than repaint with damp seal again! After some reading I remain a little confused. The damp is ostensibly rising from the adjoining walls with the houses at each side. I realise 'rising damp' may...