Old damp proof holes in bricks

[pinenot]

To all following this disagreement, from one or two and wishing to see the next exciting post (Building Regulations and British Standard 6576)

Oh! by the way Joe, read your last post again and you'll find you have quoted rising damp in the regs (unless "resist the passage of moisture from the ground to the inside of the building, is achieved by an Indian faker, playing his flute" ) Oh! and I never mentioned the British building regulations (actually called the Building Regs , as we in Scotland, via The Scottish Building Standards Agency have our own Building (Scotland) Regulations, so British just doesn't apply)

Tony, get a life, or a spelling diploma, your obviously diligent enough for it
Over and out...pinenot

 

[tony1851]

Indian faker

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• 5 May 2013
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[Joe Malone]

To all following this disagreement, from one or two and wishing to see the next exciting post (Building Regulations and British Standard 6576)

Oh! by the way Joe, read your last post again and you'll find you have quoted rising damp in the regs (unless "resist the passage of moisture from the ground to the inside of the building, is achieved by an Indian faker, playing his flute" ) Oh! and I never mentioned the British building regulations (actually called the Building Regs , as we in Scotland, via The Scottish Building Standards Agency have our own Building (Scotland) Regulations, so British just doesn't apply)

Tony, get a life, or a spelling diploma, your obviously diligent enough for it
Over and out...pinenot

Which regulations were you referring to then Pinenot, I'll wait with baited breath or your answer?

I'm very clear in my post that the building regs requirement for resistance to moisture has got nothing to do with rising damp and in fact rising damp is not mentioned anywhere in the building regs. As I said, there are many potential causes of wall base damp, not all of them emanate from the soil. I see in a bid to recover lost ground you are now quoting BS6576 but this has got nothing to do with statutory requirements or installing DPC's to protect against rising damp, it is simply a code of practice for the installation of chemical DPC's for whenever they are being installed.

 

[Softus]

This has been debated before //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34549&start=0

When you've waded through the 14 pages Tony you can let me know what the conclusion was!

You really don't need to do any wading, just read and digest the very first post on that topic, which makes this request:

"Does anyone out there have any real-life examples of rising damp caused ONLY by a failed DPC in the wall? If so, please can you help me understand how it happens/happened? "

Well, the answer is, after more than seven years, that nobody has been able to.

That other topic has been frequently misquoted and widely misunderstood. It was not intended to spark a theoretical discussion based on myth and closed-minded wishful thinking, but, although it ended up attracting every moron on the forum, it also contains highly valuable posts from people who actually know facts, including the esteemed Joe Malone.

Thank you Joe, for still being there.