Damp fix - rendered to the ground

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So I had a damp company come and rerender the walls with salt inhibitor mortar sort of stuff (not entirely sure on the proper term) but they rendered straight to the ground. Wouldn't this breach the dpc?
 

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where’s the dpc? if it was any good you wouldn’t have needed the ‘damp firm’ in the first place.
 
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where’s the dpc? if it was any good you wouldn’t have needed the ‘damp firm’ in the first place.

DPC was injected before the replastering. Injected into first mortar joint at the lowest point... So I guess around there. Covered by the rendering that they did, hence me asking the question...
 
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how far above the wood floor that we can see did they inject?
 
you could argue they shouldnt have cemented over that course.
theres most likely water proofer in the cement....plus how would you account for the 3-4” when fitting your skirting.
 
it’s particularly rough by the way. the cement work I mean.
 
you could argue they shouldnt have cemented over that course.
theres most likely water proofer in the cement....plus how would you account for the 3-4” when fitting your skirting.

Possible has some waterproofer, the main thing he mentioned was the salt inhibitor used. I'll raise the concern about cementing over the course with him,

Yeh the work is a bit rough I thought too but the main worry for me is any issues with bridging being my main concern.
 
You never bridge a DPC inside the building or outside.
Cut away the render to expose the injected bed and break the bridging to the floor.
Was the old plaster hacked off ack to bricks?
theres no flopped up membrane edge from below the solid floor. so displaced damp could be coming up from below the solid floor?
as above, thats a rough render. Thr render is still damp (do this company work on sundays?) and its not been ruled off and rubbed up.
maybe you know You'll have to use a remedial skim.
top left there looks like a scrap of gypsum. do you have a pic of the whole wall?

is that a solid or cavity wall? is the outside ground level well below the solid floor?

unless you find and fix the cause of any damp then you could be wasting your time.
 
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You never bridge a DPC inside the building or outside.
Cut away the render to expose the injected bed and break the bridging to the floor.
Was the old plaster hacked off ack to bricks?
theres no flopped up membrane edge from below the solid floor. so displaced damp could be coming up from below the solid floor?
as above, thats a rough render. Thr render is still damp (do this company work on sundays?) and its not been ruled off and rubbed up.
maybe you know You'll have to use a remedial skim.
top left there looks like a scrap of gypsum. do you have a pic of the whole wall?

is that a solid or cavity wall? is the outside ground level well below the solid floor?

unless you find and fix the cause of any damp then you could be wasting your time.

Yeh old plaster was backed up to 1.5 metres up because we had experienced some wet rot. Was plastered on Friday afternoon, rained a lot on saturday and I think they said they were skimming sometime soon.

Here's a whole wall photo. The ground level isn't only slightly higher than the outside.

Edit: so the guy said it goes to the ground because it's a barrier mortar being used as the undercoat... Whatever that is. Apparently to stop moisture from seeping or something... Maybe a form of tanking?
 

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