Hi guys
I`ve just DIY`d my own porch with joining bay window to porch roof with a valley gutter and reclaimed parquet floor. It has taken me since Easter and I`m really pleased with it.
However, I`ve got a problem with damp on the single skin walls. I`m totally not interested in heat retention as the porch is only small and more of a barrier to the outside and stops us walking right into the front living room.
I originally had a thin MDF sheet on the wall painted and it looked perfect! I`m not very good at plastering so since the walls are so small, the MDF walls are one piece and didn`t cost me a lot and was easier than plastering. However, due to the damp issue, I`m pleased I went with MDF as it allowed me to rip them off easily!
So my question is really what are my options. The floor is a concrete slap with DPM and is bone dry. The wall do have a damp course on and the wall was the only thing that I actually got someone in to do...so this has been done properly (I hope) by a bricky.
MDF back on would mean that I can continue with the DIY aspect and do it all myself again but I`m more than willing to pay a plaster if this would be a better way of finishing it. The damp seems to be the two bricks below the DCM but there is a small patch above which gets wet due to the house next door.
of course I`ve been googling and my understanding is:
1. Stick some DPC sheeting against the wall and go the MDF route again?
2. Screw foil acked plaster board to the wall and the foil back shields the plaster from the damp.
3. Use foam backed plasterboard - this option seems a good one but would be too thick for me!
Ultimately, I need to keep it as thin as possible since it`ll look add as there isn`t much overhang from the window to fit it all under. Is there anything I could paint onto the brick work and then cover over with either my MDF method or plasterboard?
Any help appreciated.
Chris
I`ve just DIY`d my own porch with joining bay window to porch roof with a valley gutter and reclaimed parquet floor. It has taken me since Easter and I`m really pleased with it.
However, I`ve got a problem with damp on the single skin walls. I`m totally not interested in heat retention as the porch is only small and more of a barrier to the outside and stops us walking right into the front living room.
I originally had a thin MDF sheet on the wall painted and it looked perfect! I`m not very good at plastering so since the walls are so small, the MDF walls are one piece and didn`t cost me a lot and was easier than plastering. However, due to the damp issue, I`m pleased I went with MDF as it allowed me to rip them off easily!
So my question is really what are my options. The floor is a concrete slap with DPM and is bone dry. The wall do have a damp course on and the wall was the only thing that I actually got someone in to do...so this has been done properly (I hope) by a bricky.
MDF back on would mean that I can continue with the DIY aspect and do it all myself again but I`m more than willing to pay a plaster if this would be a better way of finishing it. The damp seems to be the two bricks below the DCM but there is a small patch above which gets wet due to the house next door.
of course I`ve been googling and my understanding is:
1. Stick some DPC sheeting against the wall and go the MDF route again?
2. Screw foil acked plaster board to the wall and the foil back shields the plaster from the damp.
3. Use foam backed plasterboard - this option seems a good one but would be too thick for me!
Ultimately, I need to keep it as thin as possible since it`ll look add as there isn`t much overhang from the window to fit it all under. Is there anything I could paint onto the brick work and then cover over with either my MDF method or plasterboard?
Any help appreciated.
Chris