damp problems

I’ve got a rising damp issue in the corner of a basement room where directly outside the offending wall is a drain. I’ve cemented up the Sides of the drain as it looked a bit worn out and maybe allowing water to ingress through the breeze block wall, but still getting a problem. Thinking now if...

I need help! i have what I think is damp on the internals walls of just one room (the bedroom) in a ground floor flat. I first noticed these small darker spots on the walls a few months ago, placed some damp traps around the room to collect and moisture and open the window every day even on...

Hi all, I need to install stud work on the inside of the exterior wall of a couple of my bedrooms. The house has a bit of an odd construction (1930s) in that the downstairs external walls are all cavity but upstairs are all solid brick. As a result of having downstairs fully modernised and...

Hello I'm after some advice on some external air bricks at the base of a bay window and whether I need to remove concrete around the base of the bay. We've just bought the house and it needs quite a bit of improvement. There's a bit of damp coming through on the inside of the bay. There are...

Hi, We had a patio done over a year ago, but have started noticing some damp and some smells. Upon investigating one possible cause could be that the patio seems to be badly laid and not following standard rules e.g. butting up against external wall too high, no drain for rain water and fall...

I have taken up some plastic flooring and have found some patches of damp on the suspended timber floor. See pics. Its looks to me like the damp is getting in near the patio door and 'wicking' down the timber to the middle of the room? Looking under the floor where I can the joists are dry...

Hi, im working on damp proofing my bathroom and i'm going to try and do what the professional quoted, i do have some building experiance and have hacked off the plasterboard down to the brick in prep of the below. Could you advise of a decent supplier (ideally i can pick up from Sussex/uk)...

Hi Short version - moved into new house with a cellar (one main section and then a small further section with outside wall). I believe it was an old coal a cellar. Upon purchasing house appeared fairly dry. Took advice and bitchumen painted the walls to hopefully create a dry usable space...

Happy New Year everyone. Hoping some damp experts out there can help me out with this one. My property has damp under my bay window. My first thought was condensation, as it is probably the coldest wall in the room, the heating has been on a lot over winter and there is usually a sofa in the bay...

Hi, I've just moved into a house and notcied wet patches under the curtains either side if the living room window. When i first viewed the house it was summer time and didn't notice it as it only happens when it rains. Any idea what could be causing this? I've had someone come out to check it...

Hi, I don't really know alot about damp and have done some research online but havn't been able to find anything. The damp is along the full side if the house. It's feels like a hard salt on the bricks. Could anyone give me advice on this type of damp?

Hi, I am new to the forum. I have very little DIY Experience but I have just inherited a 1920's semi detached so trying to fix it up. This room once had damp/mould I think due to lack of ventilation. I have kept it ventilated for a while now but when I came to strip the wallpaper. The plaster...

Hi, my first post as I venture into buying a home and doing it up. The house I want to buy has orange-ish dotted stains on the wallpaper at a few various locations around the house (some high, some low). It feels dry to touch. Any ideas what this is? Very grateful for any advice.

Hi Not sure if anyone on here can help but we need a roofer to do several repairs to our 1912 mid terrace with a valley. It had a new roof put in roughly 16 years ago with a Velux window. The main problems are: a long horizontal damp patch along the landing ceiling that separates the landing...

We have a ground floor flat which was treated for damp four years ago. Some patches of damp have appeared at skirting level on our lounge wall. On the other side of our lounge wall - which is a boundary separating us from the end of next door's garden - our neighbour has erected a wooden shed...

Damp along the front wall and the party wall just behind the door. Damp surveyor has recommended an "effective dpc" and the ground level be lowered to at least 150mm below the inside floor level or a stone filled soak away. Gas mains runs 10cm below the joist level. The joists sit in the...

I am renovating a 100 year old stone cottage in Ireland. The property has not been lived in for about 5 years so there was a big condensation/damp problem. The roof also has its issues, but at least I know where water has been penetrating. There is a big damp smell, so doing my best to work out...

Some of the floorboard in the conservatory was swollen due to moisture. The water was also obvious on the carpet laying on top of the wooden floorboard. This is close to an area where radiators and heat pipes are but no leak is visible above the concrete floor. I decided to do a trace and...

Hi, My kitchen wall is damp because the neighbouring garden is well above the dpc (approx 4 ft). We live on a slight slope and there is no way the neighbour is going to dig a trench to stop water penetrating our wall. My builder seems to think that applying slurry to the wall will stop it...

Hi all, welcome to my post. The front room of our house has had damp issues since we bought it in early 2012. We then had an large extension later that year, although the front room with damp problems was not touched back then due to finances at the time. Our place was originally a cow shed...