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Hi Guys. Two of the walls that I am speaking about are internal walls. The kitchen and bathroom external walls are fine. They have been tanked. I do not know what they are like behind the tanking! The one external wall could have water coming through from the outside but there are three more...

Well I can see the sense in what both of you are saying. I do and would agree that if the damp cannot get out in one place it has to go out somewhere else on the other hand I dont want it coming in my place either so I have to stop it coming in - some how but HELP! I dont know how. I am going...

Gentleman you are helping and I appreciate all your comments. I do agree that sealing up the walls would cause the damp to go somewhere else. I am not sure if that would happen with a DPC however I am still unsure as to what is the best method DPC or damp proof render (or tanking - is that the...

Those walls in the photographs are internal John! There is only the bit by the window which is external although I suspect that the outside walls are not water proof and need to be repainted!

Hi John It was all plastered at the same time but as you can see from the photo's where there has been a DPC and the room has been tanked up to a hieight of one metre, all that area is OK it is the plaster above the tanking or water proof plaster which is blistering. It does need to be...

Yes I had a damp proof course put in years ago and below that the plaster is fine. What the surveyor said is that the damp has risen above the original damp course! You can see the window and possibly water has come in through the wooden pane but that doesnt account for the rest of the flat...

I have managed to take some more photo's and will now see if I can upload them :P Thank's so much for your help John I honestly dont know whether I am coming or going with all this damp proofing, membrane or tank situation :roll: The one on the end is...

OK I will do that John. Yes the loo has been leaking and also there was condensation from the shower. The areas are small however the bubbling up is all over that one internal wall. It was all replastered in 1989 when I had the first damp proof course put in so it is not lime although I know...

JohnD wrote: you live in a basement so you might have penetrating damp and you probably have condensation. Show us some pics http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=129539 I can see the photo's over the top but not in my post John!!

Which is best. I have had a builder in and he said tanking would be fine. As stated in the other post my neighbour will not respond to a party wall notice so I cannot use a DPC on that wall so I thought I would have it replaster with Sika! I am uploading photographs from the other thread...

OK I will do my best, they will have to go on a memory stick! There isnt really a lot to see. Bubbling up on the party wall rendering and discolouration - brick colour- over the top of the original DPC of the internal wall seperating the kitchen and lounge. Some salts gathering in one small...

No all the earth has been dug away except that the floor of my lounge is lower than the earth outside by about 8" and there are two wall - the kitchen wall and the back wall of the bathroom - which has earth three quarters of the way up or are earth retaining. I had tanking put in there and up...

True John but I had in a damp proof company 10 months ago who said it had rising damp and one about four years ago but he found no evidence of damp in the kitchen and bathroom!

Thank you for your replies gentleman. I have had a surveyor in to inspect the property for damp and he said I did have rising damp however that said he was more interested in telling me to sell the flat than advising me on the damp and told me I would be surprised how many people would buy a...

Well I have been told that I have rising damp in my flat which is a basement flat. I had a DPC put in about 20 years ago but it seems to have failed as I have damp coming up over the top of the DPC it is shown by red discoloration coming through the plaster and also on another internal wall the...