Rising damp ????

pjwlufc70 · 29 Jul 2008

Hi sorry if this has been covered somewhere else ... i am a newbie some deserve so leway lol....

I bought my house back in sept last year over the last 2-3 moths notices a damp problem on internal wall about up to about 12 inches from top of skirting ..... this is now bone dry but with salty residue ..... the oposite side of this internal wall is spotless not a sign of what is on the otherside.

I called a ( specialist ) he adv stripping wall of plaster injecting some stuff and replaster cost £400 .... is this the only option or is there a simpler, ok i'm tight aswell a cheaper way ?????

^woody^ · 29 Jul 2008

The salts will keep coming out. It need replastering, and if there is a damp problem then that needs treating too

As you are tight, the cheaper way is to DIY

pjwlufc70 · 30 Jul 2008

I stripped the plaster off which was damp for about 12" above skirting ..... when i pulled the wallpaper off the plaster was really tacky ...... almost like glue .... the wall under the plaster was and still is bone dry ...... visible damp course ........

I think someone may have plastered the wall and papered while still wet ... as it is a vinyl paper thus locking the dampness of the plaster and the paste .....

Softus · 30 Jul 2008

You need to cure the damp problem and strip the plaster off the wall to let it completely dry out, and then replaster.

Drying out will take weeks.

The cause of the damp can't be cured by injecting some stuff.

anobium · 30 Jul 2008

pjwlufc70 said:
Hi sorry if this has been covered somewhere else ... i am a newbie some deserve so leway lol....

I bought my house back in sept last year over the last 2-3 moths notices a damp problem on internal wall about up to about 12 inches from top of skirting ..... this is now bone dry but with salty residue ..... the oposite side of this internal wall is spotless not a sign of what is on the otherside.

I called a ( specialist ) he adv stripping wall of plaster injecting some stuff and replaster cost £400 .... is this the only option or is there a simpler, ok i'm tight aswell a cheaper way ?????

If as you say the wall is bone dry then the residual salts you are seeing are the result of a past rising damp problem.
The salts only crystallize when the wall dries out, solution simply brush salts from wall eventually they will cease to appear.
No need to replaster unless it has been affected by salts, ie blown.

Apologies only just read your 2nd post

My first comments are still relative but it sounds like somebody has already replastered using a gypsum based plaster causing the problems u describe.
If after removeing wallpaper it does not dry out you will have to replaster

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Rising damp ????

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