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So SBR & salt neutraliser?

JohnD?? Thanks for your input, appreciate your experience. I can certainly tell, you know your onions,lol. Im sorry mate, i dont know if you seen my update, but floors are timber. Sorry , i made the mistake thinking concrete, as under stairs had no flooring,so i saw the concrete.

Thats all i have atm. Now ive removed the plaster, the brickwork isn't that bad. In hall i can see a water tied mark, but as people said, rising damp is misdiagnosed alot. So the salts are the main problem i guess, which is rising damp related? Or lack of air circulation & condensation is it...

Sorry, uploading the photos is taking ages. The 1st photo of salts on wall, is directly behind front door. Its the worst wall in the house. The adjoining wall to next door. The entire rest of the hallway walls were covered in plywood panels, but this small are wasnt. So i guess that if the...

ive got some photos to upload

Yes i hope the wind will now pass through the floor space. Tell me again what will it tell me if i see what plaster ive removed? Im a gas fitter by trade, you'll know the dance? During the past 20 years i do it all. House renorvations bathrooms kitchens. I wouldnt take on a full house to...

sensible approach that'll work for once, yeh. but as ive seen better results today, im thinking using rods drilled along hall. and chimney walls , using summit to rid the salts, then i havnt decided yet

Sorry , today i started job, its wooden floor, nor concrete, sorry. Also i found air bricks partially blocked on front and side of property, Main walls that are bad and have salts bleeding out are 2 chimney walls, and the adjoining hall wall to next door. Hall had ply panells on, and wall was...

good points. but all houses in street have bad damp, ive seen it plenty. ill check about meter, so i can check for passing. yeh i think house was built with concrete floor, but ill see if he has the house deeds. what bearing would new concrete floor make? Would it be bridging and creating a...

Yeh, not sure atm about plaster type. When i remove it ill know. Lime plaster needs a non vinyl paint yeh? I understand but i havent decided on my route yet. So im trying to gather all the info, like i said, people give so many wrong remedies. I want to get it right. Appreciate your input

Late 19th century Stockton on tees Chimney is just 1 wall, this damp will be because chimney's not capped off, Water pipe will run from front street to back kitchen Downstairs is concrete floor

Yeh none of the above. The walls are internal walls, damp is rising and not from any secondry problems like gutters. Only chimney breast wall id say was because its not capped off. So like i mentioned im back to trying to stop the damp somehow. Its a older terraced house with no dpm. And...

I've went in circles regarding approach to solving damp internal brick walls. Should'nt it be simple? But there's conflicting answers on every site. People saying, there is'nt such a thing as rising damp? That cement mortar screed is wrong? Then next post online will say, Cement render is...

The channel isn't part of the kit, i dont think. As i was fitting it, the instructions explained about that pack.,where a kit that sits at a approx 30degree angle above VELUX?? Is that correct? It looked like it helps water.run off? But when purchasing, no comment referee.to the existence of a...

Fyi? The option about lining walls is a great idea. A really great solution.

Sorry this is late reply..... 1- Yeh ....paint over ,from experience.....Using Silk especially. Will create unsightly ridges, and divets. I had to do alot of work on these patches. Light sanding.....Filled with light weight filler....sanded......Acrylic White emulsion.....then checked the...

Everydays a school day...lol "Emissivity". Never heard of this fancy word b4....lol

Good ideas lads. I happened to have it with me while at friends house. He's gotta instant boiling water tap in kitchen. The lazy mans way 2 make a cuppa "Cha'..lol It was F#@#ing 45degrees out.ffs! Ridiculous . It's never been used or abused. Is tpi a ok make? Disapointed BIG time, I know there...

I'm the construction trade for 20 years. 20 years ago I was naive about painting and the cost. I now know how skilled it is and it's not just slap it on. I'm doing a HUGE home now.. I underestimated the prep work. Even new plasterered walls have pva splashes all over. I never knew these would...

2 Windows were installed. Strongly numbered out and secured. Flashing correctly installed Tiles.cut back to edge of VELUX. And finally a membrane fitted ,protruding at least 2foot in all directions. So water is getting inside and dripping from.very top of VELUX. On the horizontal top frame...