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Hi everyone
I just bought a house which has a brick outbuilding in the garden that previous owners have used as an office building for their business. I have always been living in flats and finally got a house and now I need to figure out all the aspects of lookng after it as well as fixing possible problems.
I am keen to use the this outbuilding as an office too - it looks solid and pretty new with proper corrugated roof , double glazing windows/doors, electricity+heaters, and even a bell that rings ( insancely loud) when someone uses a main bell at the front door.
However there is a damp problem that I noticed pretty soon as you can see from the photos. The damp is located around one corner of the building, between the windows and can be seen in multiple places from floor to ceiling. I can also see some bubbling paint on the outside closer to the roof on one of the affected walls. Stangely there are no ventilation holes visiblle inside and it gets stuffy after a while if you have a heater on. I suspect that's not helping the damp problem at all.
I have contacted damp proofing company and sent them some photos, their suggestion was to contact a roofer.
At this point I am in doubt if I should start poking randomly at different kind of trade specialists if I can't figure out what is the actual reason for the damp.
I was hoping someone here could point me out in a right direction, i.e. what kind of specialist shoudl I reach out first to avoid waisting mine and their time?
Thank you!
I just bought a house which has a brick outbuilding in the garden that previous owners have used as an office building for their business. I have always been living in flats and finally got a house and now I need to figure out all the aspects of lookng after it as well as fixing possible problems.
I am keen to use the this outbuilding as an office too - it looks solid and pretty new with proper corrugated roof , double glazing windows/doors, electricity+heaters, and even a bell that rings ( insancely loud) when someone uses a main bell at the front door.
However there is a damp problem that I noticed pretty soon as you can see from the photos. The damp is located around one corner of the building, between the windows and can be seen in multiple places from floor to ceiling. I can also see some bubbling paint on the outside closer to the roof on one of the affected walls. Stangely there are no ventilation holes visiblle inside and it gets stuffy after a while if you have a heater on. I suspect that's not helping the damp problem at all.
I have contacted damp proofing company and sent them some photos, their suggestion was to contact a roofer.
At this point I am in doubt if I should start poking randomly at different kind of trade specialists if I can't figure out what is the actual reason for the damp.
I was hoping someone here could point me out in a right direction, i.e. what kind of specialist shoudl I reach out first to avoid waisting mine and their time?
Thank you!