Hi some information please, I am re-furbishing a 1970ts bungalow the previous owners converted a garage into a bedroom, dob and dashed it and a made a cowboy job I could smell a leaching of the loft area smell creeping down on further inspection I noticed the join between the ceiling board and the board skim bad joints obviously coming from their, ripped out all the dry lining and I am going to render and skim the room again, two questions the walls small of mustiness still after I have given them a sealing of PVA, no dampness present I have used my meter to and it shows dry walls even went to the effort of hacking off a area of render to get a proper reading, Introduced new vent holes into the loft space to get a better air flow through it, my plan is to webber stipple the walls first get a render on it then a scratch coat and finally the plaster skim, with good seals at the roof area to stop this ever happening again, what are the chances of that musty smell working its way through to the new work would it be a good idea to hack off all the old render back to the brick before I start this work, I don’t want to go to all the expense and new work to find out later that the musty smell has seeped through, what would a professional advise
Thanks in advance
Jsm
Thanks in advance
Jsm
