Hello all.
Been looking for a while and found some useful stuff, however, would be grateful for professional opinion on a specific damp problem.
I'm doing a lot of work on my 1963 built bungalow, it has cavity walls but the outer leaf is irregular local stone and the cavity has been backfilled to support this when it was built. Not a lot I can do about that of course, but during various phases of work I have ascertained that the DPC would appear to be the full width of the walls ie. spans inner leaf/cavity/outer leaf. The DPM appears to be liquid applied between the slab and the screed.
The problem therefore is that the two do not meet and damp can penetrate from the join between the slab and the wall, just below/behind the skirting board. This leads to mould on the walls behind furniture.
I will be replacing the storage heaters with central heating and have new windows with trickle vents, but wondered if there was anything that could be done to effectively seal this gap at the floor/wall junction. It's not really feasible to dig up the floor around the whole of the internal perimeter, but thought there might be a drill and inject type system that would be a start. I was about to ring the damp 'specialists' but thought I would gauge opinion on here first.
Much obliged for any constructive input!
Paul.
Been looking for a while and found some useful stuff, however, would be grateful for professional opinion on a specific damp problem.
I'm doing a lot of work on my 1963 built bungalow, it has cavity walls but the outer leaf is irregular local stone and the cavity has been backfilled to support this when it was built. Not a lot I can do about that of course, but during various phases of work I have ascertained that the DPC would appear to be the full width of the walls ie. spans inner leaf/cavity/outer leaf. The DPM appears to be liquid applied between the slab and the screed.
The problem therefore is that the two do not meet and damp can penetrate from the join between the slab and the wall, just below/behind the skirting board. This leads to mould on the walls behind furniture.
I will be replacing the storage heaters with central heating and have new windows with trickle vents, but wondered if there was anything that could be done to effectively seal this gap at the floor/wall junction. It's not really feasible to dig up the floor around the whole of the internal perimeter, but thought there might be a drill and inject type system that would be a start. I was about to ring the damp 'specialists' but thought I would gauge opinion on here first.
Much obliged for any constructive input!
Paul.