Hi all,
I have an old 1850 farmhouse which suffers badly from damp. Its been neglected for the past 10 years. It is sold wall and rendered outside. It has been chemically injected into the brick some time ago but that has obviously failed.
What im thinking of doing is getting a new damp proof course as advised by a local company, which is injected into the mortar. This involves removing a degree of plaster. They then said they would re-plaster but im thinking of removing all plaster and using thermal board to add thermal properties to the house.
Is this a sensible approach to damp proofing - is there anything else I could do. Its really bad.
I have an old 1850 farmhouse which suffers badly from damp. Its been neglected for the past 10 years. It is sold wall and rendered outside. It has been chemically injected into the brick some time ago but that has obviously failed.
What im thinking of doing is getting a new damp proof course as advised by a local company, which is injected into the mortar. This involves removing a degree of plaster. They then said they would re-plaster but im thinking of removing all plaster and using thermal board to add thermal properties to the house.
Is this a sensible approach to damp proofing - is there anything else I could do. Its really bad.