Rising Damp.

[Oops!]

I have just purchased a property with a rising damp problem behind badly done dry lining. I intend to remove the dry lining and install a chemical dampproof, then reinstate the dry lining. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best insulation to use. I have been recomended foil backed plasterboard with kingspan behind it.

[breezer]

Make a search for rising damp, also for chemical damp proof BEFORE you do anything else

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[oilman]

Then fix the real problem. Much damage or pointless work can be done with these un-needed injected DPCs.

[The Baker]

Hello opps,
If any of your mates have ammo reloading scales, or if your wifes scales read to 100th of a gram, you could reasonably establish if you have excessive moisture in the wall of your building.
Take a small piece of the wall, say an oxo size piece of brick,
Weigh it, thats the wet weight.
Put the sample piece in a low oven over night. To make good use of the oven get your misses to do some merengues at the same time.
Next day once the brick sample has cooled off weigh it, thats the dry weight.
Taking the dry weight as 100%,
if the wet weight is not more than 4 or 5% heavier, i wouldnt think it would be dampness, be it rising or penertrating.
It could be condensation.
Enjoy your merengues.
The Baker

[Oops!]

Thanks for the advice, definitely has rising damp but render is a crap job on the outside to so this is the first job before messing around with DPC etc. unfortunately some internal walls are also showing damp signs. Any ideas of how much a chemical DPC would cost? Any wisdom on electronic DPC? All walls are two skin stone with rubble infill, around 18" thick.

Anyone used any of the Safeguard products, particularly Dryzone Dampproof Cream

[masona]

Oops! wrote:

Any ideas of how much a chemical DPC would cost?

Forget it as it's unworkable.

Rising damp is normally broken dpc and about a 1 metre in height.

I have heard about Dryzone Damp-proofing Cream but can't say, I do believe the only way so far is to renew the dpc BUT only if the dpc is broken which is very rare these days.

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[Softus]

Oops! wrote:

Thanks for the advice, definitely has rising damp but render is a rubbish job on the outside to so this is the first job before messing around with DPC etc. unfortunately some internal walls are also showing damp signs. Any ideas of how much a chemical DPC would cost?

Have a good read of these two topics before you commit to spending any money....

Rising damp does not exist

Treated damp still there

[Oops!]

Cheers Softus, helpful topics and opinions, my wall has no DPC to fail. What order would you repair the following, Foffits rotten, slightly leaky roof, external concrete render blown in large patches, crap dry lining internally with evidence of damp in corners

[The Baker]

Once you have eliminated any sources of penertrating mouisture then injection mortar has been known to be succesful in solid walls like those you describe.
Regarding your other question, you could just start at the top and work your way down.
But are you absolutly sure the moisture is rising?
The Baker.

[chappers]

I would have my doubts about the effectiveness of achemical DPC and particularly in the case of a rubble filled stone wall.Electronic gizzmos do work but you need to be absolutely sure you have rising damp, as has been said its far rarer then most people think. Try getting your crappy render and drylining of and seeing if it starts to dry out.

[Tom.]

I wouldn't be surprised if the render is the source of the problem. Remove that and I bet most of the damp would disappear.

[Oops!]

Roof then render it is then. Will wall dry out with the render removed, and also if I put on new render and it is rising damp will this then blow the new render

[Softus]

Remove the render and the dry lining - when you've solved the damp problem the wall will dry out, but if you're plastering inside then leave it for six weeks.

When you re-render be sure not to bridge the DPC.

Don't inject - if you want to throw your money away then give it to me.

[joe-90]

Would someone please tell the Royal Instute of Chartered Surveyors that rising damp doesn't exist? They seem to think it does. I wonder why they think that?




joe

[empip]

Have a search centered around Venice for rising damp ... possibly the experts. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/7835/7835sci1.html

Also.
http://www.phys.tue.nl/nfcmr/cmrmain.html