Damp Proof Quote

dhill · 10 Jan 2013

could you guys help me with estimating the cost of having my living room walls injected to fix the problem i have with damp. The wall in question is 7metres long including 4 small alcoves.

Job description, remove skirting boards, chop out 1 metre high of plaster, inject the walls, then make good walls and re-fit skirting.

I am having some quotes done this week but use this site as i am a gas engineer and know it can can be useful.

gregers · 10 Jan 2013

bit difficult without some pics,are the walls solid/cavity?if cavity are they going to open up the walls and clear out all/any crap etc this can be very time consuming.
what sort of dpc are they installing?

remember you could save a few quid with the re plastering by employing your own spread and getting them to use the inhibitor etc.

HERTS P&D · 10 Jan 2013

Any faulty guttering/downpipes nearby?

Andy

dhill · 11 Jan 2013

terraced house, adjoining wall, 9inch solid wall, chimney in front room has been removed from the bedroom above but im sure its rising damp

Deluks · 11 Jan 2013

Rising damp does not exist!

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=223825#223825

AronSearle · 11 Jan 2013

Deluks said:
Rising damp does not exist!

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=223825#223825[/QUOTE]

I'm not going to read a 14 page thread! I suspect neither will the OP.

So I will just say...

It does exist, but I would agree that a lot of the time it is a false diagnoses, it should not be excluded, but certainly considered suspect as a diagnoses.

gregers · 12 Jan 2013

and ill ask again as iirc i asked in that thread,if rising damp doesnt exist why are we still installing dpm in out floors and walls.????

dhill · 13 Jan 2013

traced one of the patches to a 4 inch external wall in which next doors down pipe discharges to no drain so the 4 inch wall which attaches to my property is soaking up the water and then my outside wall pulls it in. sorry for poor grammer in a rush for sunday football

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