damp

Hello, I am considering buying a house but noticed the bottom of the walls appears damp and damaged (see photo). I am concerned as this a pretty new house (built 2010) so am surprised to see this. Is it something to be concerned about and what is the best cause of action? thanks, Maffy. ps...

Hi our 50's house has rising damp. We had barrier cream injected a year or so ago but due to the floor level it was done one brick up as the floor just covered the mortar line. Due to this we were advised to also paint the wall with a damp seal to be on the safe side. I have two questions I'm...

Hey all, we recently renovated our first house (built 1930s) with the help of a local builder. As part of this we removed the chimney breast (unfortunately not properly capped when we purchased the property) from the ground up and that area was dot and dab replastered and MDF skirting installed...

Hi all, We've a smelly kitchen, tiles starting to fall off. Walls are rubblestone, uneven, plastered (some tiled) We don't currently have an extractor -One underground wall is studded out to halfway along it, boarded and tiled - we've not yet had the units off to see behind, but suspect damp...

Hi all, I was just prepping my bay window (house is 1960s with cavity walls) for a lick of paint. I removed a metal grill on the front to find a large hole had beed drilled in it, stuffed inside were at least 2 jay cloths... This can't be right can it? Inside the bay we struggle with damp...

Hi In my back yard, the concrete is heavily cracked and it slopes towards the house - in particular it seems that around the drains etc there is enough damage to get thorugh to the void space & who knows where else - which I think is getting damp (need to confirm) Internally, I know there is...

Hello everyone, I have been looking under the kitchen floor in the 1910 house we recently moved to using an endoscope, in order to check out joists etc as there was penetrating damp in two walls when we bought (have since taken steps to address this with additional airbricks, fixed guttering...

There is a bit of damp in the external solid walls of my house where the patio has been built up above the level of the DPC, bridging it. I believe it may have also covered air bricks so the underfloor void is unventilated. I've sketched the current arrangement. I'm considering what would be the...

Hello. I apologise if this should be in a more appropriate thread. I had a look but couldn't find one. Tearing my hair out here about this leak which proceeds from roof into bedroom, down same column to kitchen on one side and dining room on the other. The roof was replaced two years ago and was...

We recently moved into a house that had stood empty for some time, and we're having a lot of trouble shifting an unpleasant musty smell which we're concerned may be a sign of mould. It's the kind of smell you would associate with damp and is quite strong around the entrance hall and living room...

I have a concrete driveway which is too high, see attached images. The drive is quite long (think 4.5 car lengths) and slopes downwards away from the house. We are seeing damp issues in the room to the right of the doorway (see second image). There are 3 waste drainage channels along the drive...

I've recently had an issue with damp next to a party wall where we had a unit pushed up to it. We're fairly certain now it was condensation / lack of air movement. Neighbour has no problems on their side. The skirting board was rotten, so I've taken it out and was surprised to find a second...

Hi there I have an outbuilding which I suspect the dud builders had used interior paint on the exterior walls. It’s a double blocked structure with cavity insulation, but I’ve noticed that there has been some damp in the room and humidity is about 77% when I go into the room in the morning...

We've had a problem with damp on this corner of our house, gut feeling it's this brick side-gate post that looks like it would bridge the damp course ... is that likely? We had a damp surveyor round who didn't mention this but I think he just wanted to sell their DPC injection ... he didn't even...

Hope this is the right forum category for this, apologies if not. Long story short... we had a shelving unit pushed up against a wall in the living room of the house, it's been there between one and two years. Moved it away recently and found a damp patch on the carpet around 1.5 ft long by 1...

Hi All. I have got some damp issues that needs to be resolved. Based on the damp report the specialist created and my own understanding also. I am a little confused as to what the way forward is. I am always wary of damp companies and wanting to do unnecessary works. The house is a mid terrace...

I decided to finally deal with some blown plaster around a kitchen window, and ended up removing all of the plaster below one of the windows, which came away easily. Underneath, the brick seemed slightly damp, which is strange given all the hot weather we've had recently. At either ends the wood...

Hi everyone, We noticed a patch of damp last year and didn’t get round to doing anything. Eventually got someone to clean roof gutters. We thought would have solved issue but yesterday the vertical patch looked darker and felt wet despite having no rain for a week or 2 now (unless I’ve only...

Hi Guys, The property in the photo illustrates a plaster-rendered wall with damp appearing to be rising up it. It was plastered about a year or two ago. Initially, I thought it was possibly just the plaster drying out but quite recently it has now started to show some salts in one place, which...

Hi all, considering buying a 30s semi and noticed a couple of dodgy-looking areas on the walls during our viewing. Would really appreciate a second opinion from anyone with a bit of experience in these things. Firstly beneath the bay window in the lounge, there is a large area that looks...