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How can a second floor flat be experiencing damp issues?

I took a look at Safeguard and they offer damp proofing solutions including tanking a bit like Newton damp proofing who have done a lot of listed building work also , they seem pretty professional however they are not cheap!

Thanks and agree as the damp proof PCA company wanted to sell me over £3K to inject a modern DPC.. I need to find the cause as external ground level is higher than internal ground level, cant dig a trench as not my ground.

Many thanks

Thanks John, I did that and the DPC company came back and said the wrong plaster had been applied to the wall so that would need to be hacked off and another DPC inserted. Problem is I have found out that as its an old building it would never have had a DPC installed so putting one in would not...

Hi, This is my first post so I hope you can help me with the following: I purchased a ground floor flat some months ago. Surveyor recommended the property needed a DPC injected to cure the damp. When purchasing the property I was also provided with a damp proof certificate by a damp proofing...