Hi - wonder if you could advise? We have a 1920's bungalow which has always had some damp, but we've not bothered about it until now as we're coming to sell and the home report gave it bad marks for that. So we've had 3 people to look at it all with different solutions.
As we're aiming to fix to sell, we need to get it back looking good soon with no damp coming through - which do you think would be the best option? It seems like mainly rising damp with perhaps slight penetrating:
1) Worst room to strip all old plaster to ceiling. Attach damp proof membrane. Replaster. 2nd worst room to insert dpc, strip plaster to approx 1 m and replaster
2) Worst room to strip all old plaster to ceiling. Fix wooden battons and attach foil backed plasterboard. Also for 2nd worst room
3) In every external wall to strip plaster to necessary level (approx 1 m), insert a dpc and replaster with sand/cement/waterproofer
So 3 people, 3 solutions - any thoughts?? Thank you!
As we're aiming to fix to sell, we need to get it back looking good soon with no damp coming through - which do you think would be the best option? It seems like mainly rising damp with perhaps slight penetrating:
1) Worst room to strip all old plaster to ceiling. Attach damp proof membrane. Replaster. 2nd worst room to insert dpc, strip plaster to approx 1 m and replaster
2) Worst room to strip all old plaster to ceiling. Fix wooden battons and attach foil backed plasterboard. Also for 2nd worst room
3) In every external wall to strip plaster to necessary level (approx 1 m), insert a dpc and replaster with sand/cement/waterproofer
So 3 people, 3 solutions - any thoughts?? Thank you!