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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
The house was built just before 1900. I am struggling to locate the source of this damp, although the air bricks are fairly low to the ground level so it is possible that water could splash in. What would be the solution if this was the problem, as the air bricks must be needed for air... -
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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
Okay that makes sense. Inside the building are suspended timber floors with around a 3 ft void. Air bricks are there for ventilation (around 4 for each room, with each room being an average of 4m squared). The brick plinths holding the timber floor joists are built with gaps to allow air... -
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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
I have both cavity and solid walls - which are bridged onto each other in some cases, however EVERY wall seems to be damp, not just where they are bridged. I have cleaned all of the air bricks out, and there is no water supply in the property so it can't be a leaking pipe... I must be... -
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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
It's been injected on both the outside and inside skin, outside being capped and inside being rendered & plastered over. I plan to inject the inside skin. The house is a renovation project so plaster & render has already been hacked off ready for fresh plaster & render anyway as it was damp... -
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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
Gregers: Clear cavity wall, no leaking pipes, outside levels maybe around 1 foot below internal floor joists, pointing is all good, new guttering.... IMO it would be worth spending a couple of hundred quid to re inject just to be sure, that way if rising damp is a real thing it can hopefully... -
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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
The existing holes are into the brick, although the advice I have received elsewhere points towards injecting into brick and not mortar...? Loply: I am aware there is a huge debate about whether damp proofing chemicals work & whether rising damp is a myth or not, so I was hoping not to get... -
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Re Injecting using old damp proofing holes...possible?
Hi guys, this is my first post & i'm a new member so sorry if i've done anything wrong/this has already been discussed. I am going to inject damp proofing fluid into the entire ground floor of my house to stop rising damp. It was done 20 years ago, but there is significant damp still present...
