damp

Hi all, I moved into a rental property last month and noticed some damp on the chimney breast in the loft room during the viewing. I spoke with the landlord about it, and she mentioned that it was likely due to the house being empty for 4 months, which led to condensation build-up. At the time...

Hi all, Looking for some advice on this external wall. It's an old chimney breast which has been capped off by a previous builder, lintel installed about 3/4 up the wall (behind the plasterboard in the photo), and a recess was built into the chimney breast just underneath that. Although this...

Hi, We are doing the final parts of our renovation and unfortunately had a leak in a stud wall due to a faulty join that we think went overnight the first night the boiler was left on. It has left the patches of wet you see here, so have had to strip everything out and am getting some equipment...

Hi folks. I'm planning to paint the floor (after rescreeding) and the breeze block walls on the inside of my garage. I'll paint the breeze block with a normal interior white emulsion, probably watered down to seal. At the bottom of the interior of the external walls there are two rows of brick...

Hi, I had a problem with old soot causing some damp on a wall. It was hacked back to brick work and treated with some product and plastered with limelite plaster. It's had several weeks to dry now and I'm ready to think about painting it. My plasterer suggested a layer of damp proof paint...

My bathroom has a damp wall from where the roof was leaking that (I think) I've cured. The bathroom is a lean-to extension built off the back of the house, and where the roof met the wall there was a big gap. The wall pictured would have been an exterior wall originally. I'm now attacking the...

Hello, I’ve recently moved into a 300-year-old cottage which, due to its age, does not have a damp course. Before I moved in, there were no visible signs of damp on the paintwork. However, within days of repainting the walls, several dark patches have started to appear—particularly on the walls...

My parents bathroom has a nasty wet patch on some of the bathroom walls. They think it's condensation but it seems excessive to me? It's a lean-to extension, they said they've had a "new roof" on it, but they also had me go along the seam where the roof joins the structure of the house with tube...

My partner and I moved into our property exactly a year ago. Throughout the autumn/winter we noticed a lot of damp in the back half of our garage (it’s a tandem so quite long) on the wall that sides with our neighbours garden. Now the summer has come it has dried out significantly but you can...

I noticed some ants coming from behind the fridge so pulled it back and noticed that the brickwork below the plaster appears black with a few gaps that looks like they lead down below the floor. I’m assuming that if the ants can get in then moisture or damp can get in? I haven’t seen any damp...

Hi everyone, I'm new here and new to DIY! Been reading the really useful insights. I have recently put in an offer on (which has been accepted) on an end terrace house in North Yorkshire. One of the issues identified has been damp. I got a reasonable deal on the property and am expecting to...

Hi, Currently buying a house, have just seen this mark on the wall (in the small bedroom upstairs) after the surveyor has done their report so they missed this. The mark was behind a silicone wash basket. Seller is 100% sure this mark is from the basket rubbing off onto the wall. Done a quick...

I live in an 1860s cottage, we have a porch extension built around 30 years ago, which has a ventilation issue resulting is a buildup of mould and general damp feeling throughout the winter. I'm about to renovate the porch and part of this will be looking at installing some kind of ventilation...

Hey there So our extension has finally got to the point where we're opening it up to the rest of the house. As part of this, we've removed a set of double uPVC patio doors that were installed pretty poorly, and have been left with an opening that's splayed on the inside from the old window...

Hi all. I really need help determining whether a damp issue is the result of rising damp or of an acute leak. I’ve had different views from different specialists with vested interests. I’ve taken up the conservatory floor as suspected it was an issue with the drainage pipe that runs underneath...

I have a subfloor void in a room which has a unused fireplace of a 1930s semi in the north west of england. There is lots of white deposit on the subfloor void and when I dig the floor the ground is like clay. Is this deposit mould or salts? I cant see any on the underside of the floorboards its...

Hi all, I am after some advice with regards to damp in my single skin detached garage. I have had a damp survey done and it confirmed that I have damp bridging into the existing concrete slab floor from the engineering bricks below the DPC. Apparently fairly common in garages. No visible signs...

I’ve been dealing with cold walls in a couple of bedrooms due to having two external walls, which causes cold areas and has led to issues with condensation and mould. This is something I’ve always experienced with the property, even after living here for over 10 years. I’ve involved the council...

We moved into our house around 3 years ago and the house is around 8 years old. In the last 6 months we started to get damp in the bottom corners of the windows. Then over a short period of time the window sil became completely blown on one side and we also experienced some damp patches on the...

I'm looking to repair some damaged mortar/brickwork in porch extension off my 1860's cottage which is experiencing some damp in the porch area. Currently the downpipe from the gutter drains directly onto the group at the foot of the porch, which is obviously an issue and has caused the damp...