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Hello. Apologies if this has been posted before. I'm new here.
I live in a mid 50s terraced house. Property is rendered to the outside (as are all the ones in the row). Our front building wall appears to be damp at ground floor level . Wallpaper is coming away. Now, this is a westerly facing wall, and we do get full force of the awful weather over here on the coast so the wall is generally cold in cold weather anyway. I'm reluctant to get a damp specialist out, as I've heard stories of them pressuring you into getting an unnecessary damp course.
I've read that the damp could be caused by a build up of debris in the cavity. There's no cavity wall insulation as far as I'm aware.
I'm going to clear out the air vents this afternoon (providing the horrendous rain stays off for a couple of hours!).
Does anyone know how much I could expect to pay for someone to clear out the cavity? Who.do I contact.....builder or someone else? Any other ideas as to what could be causing the damp?
I live in a mid 50s terraced house. Property is rendered to the outside (as are all the ones in the row). Our front building wall appears to be damp at ground floor level . Wallpaper is coming away. Now, this is a westerly facing wall, and we do get full force of the awful weather over here on the coast so the wall is generally cold in cold weather anyway. I'm reluctant to get a damp specialist out, as I've heard stories of them pressuring you into getting an unnecessary damp course.
I've read that the damp could be caused by a build up of debris in the cavity. There's no cavity wall insulation as far as I'm aware.
I'm going to clear out the air vents this afternoon (providing the horrendous rain stays off for a couple of hours!).
Does anyone know how much I could expect to pay for someone to clear out the cavity? Who.do I contact.....builder or someone else? Any other ideas as to what could be causing the damp?