Damp issues

[john306]

I'm hoping it was solely the blocked drain

 

[ree]

OP,
If you are basing your approach on hope then you may as well have stayed at home and made three wishes?

 

[foxhole]

I'm hoping it was solely the blocked drain

You are probably correct , damp wall will take several months to dry , even longer in winter is a wet one.

 

[ree]

So far there is nothing to confirm its "the blocked drain" - a drain which we haven't yet clearly seen, a drain that could be an Aco or a gully?
We can confirm there's a cavity wall, and what that might imply in terms of damp?
If the cause is rising damp or penetrating damp then drying out the interior plaster is irrelevent.

 

[john306]

I'd taken my dehumidifier down and it's been running over the weekend, it seems to have dried a lot of the inside wall out.
They're already cleaned the drain out and shifted and cleaned everything that was up against the outside wall.
I'll pop down again tomorrow for a look as I've got another job to finish off.
Thanks for help.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I'd taken my dehumidifier down and it's been running over the weekend, it seems to have dried a lot of the inside wall out.

That will only be the wall surface that has dried out, turn the dehumidifier off, and the moisture will resurface.