I've recently bought an old (17th Century) cottage with a rendered gable-end wall. The render doesn't extend right to the ground, there's a metal skirt that I can see that finishes the render about 6" off the ground. Below this it's the old wall and it's through this presumably porous part that the damp is coming through.
The interior is a room which has damp at the floor level. On the exterior, it's cotswold stone with joints - Are there any issues with me either repointing and sealing this wall - or preferrably cementing up entirely to prevent any further water ingress?
The interior is a room which has damp at the floor level. On the exterior, it's cotswold stone with joints - Are there any issues with me either repointing and sealing this wall - or preferrably cementing up entirely to prevent any further water ingress?