Search results

Looks like on the right track, but maybe tweak it slightly Scraping back all the loose/flaking paint is essential but I wouldn’t just go straight to a “waterproof coating”. Solid walls need to breathe, otherwise you can trap moisture and make the internal damp worse. What I’d do: -Remove all...

From the pics it looks like a mix of water ingress and trapped moisture. The sandbags stopping flooding help short term, but they also stop airflow, so the space never really dries out, which is why the mould keeps coming back. An air brick or vent to the outside could help, especially if it...

Looking at the pics, it does look like water is tracking along that joint rather than coming straight up through the slab. The sealant there looks saturated, so it’s probably just wicking water through. Without lifting slabs, a couple of things you could try. Rake out that joint as deep as you...

A quick way is to run a thermal camera over the outside walls when it’s cold. If the insulation is doing its job you should see a fairly even heat pattern. Cold streaks or patchy areas can point to gaps or slumped insulation. If you don’t have a camera you can hire one for a day or some energy...

For a half-height frame like that you basically need something solid to tie the top into, otherwise it will wobble no matter how well you fix the bottom. IIRC, most people fix a horizontal timber to the existing wall just under the window and run the studs up into that. As long as the wall...

You probably won’t fully fix it until you relay or re-level the concrete, but there are a couple of things that can make it less of a pain for now. A cheap temporary fix might be laying down an outdoor rubber mat or a strip of gravel right in the low spot so the water has somewhere to sit that...

I’ve seen people try this method but it’s usually pretty hard to get right. Cutting out bricks one by one and slipping in a physical DPC can work, but it needs to be done very slowly and supported properly or you risk movement in the wall. The bigger issue is that rising damp is often caused by...

Sugar soap definitely needs rinsing off, it leaves a residue that can stop new paint bonding properly, and what you’re describing looks a lot like poor adhesion rather than a bad roller or bad batch of paint. If the wall wasn’t rinsed and you’ve already painted most of it, the usual fix is to...