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Previous owners of my lovely Victorian house coated it in tyrolean which I suspect might have caused a bit of moisture build up. No major damp internally but most the plaster in the kitchen recently removed while renovating.
Cant afford full removal yet so I'm removing a few courses of this horrid tyrolean (to above DPC injection) in attempt to get a bit more breathability (hopefully!). Three questions,
1 Will revealing and pointing bricks up to just above internal floor level help with breathability/moisture ingress/retention - or potentially worsen This?
2 is there any value In lime mortar pointing just for this exposed area, given the building is already suffocating with tyrolean and no doubt concrete pointing under that.
3 I've raked back pea gravel which was all around the footing to check no big damp issues. I now see this is flagged rather than soil so could this potentially cause more moisture retention at the lower/sub level? Can't see how this supports any drainage or anything if no soil beneath
Cant afford full removal yet so I'm removing a few courses of this horrid tyrolean (to above DPC injection) in attempt to get a bit more breathability (hopefully!). Three questions,
1 Will revealing and pointing bricks up to just above internal floor level help with breathability/moisture ingress/retention - or potentially worsen This?
2 is there any value In lime mortar pointing just for this exposed area, given the building is already suffocating with tyrolean and no doubt concrete pointing under that.
3 I've raked back pea gravel which was all around the footing to check no big damp issues. I now see this is flagged rather than soil so could this potentially cause more moisture retention at the lower/sub level? Can't see how this supports any drainage or anything if no soil beneath