Hi all,
Not a dramatic post really.
I am smartening up my garage this summer. Although 3 of the walls have thermalite blocks in addition to the brick walls, one section is just single skin (one brick).
This wall has a DPC 150mm off the floor level inside. Moisture rises to this point and stops there, as it should I imagine. However, because the wall is painted, the paint is forever crumbling and falling off.
I intend to:
-clean up the loose paint
-apply a coat of stop-peel (or similar)
- and then use silicone attach a strip of 150mm UPVC skirting.
I figure this will just cover up the ugly bit.
Question is, that UPVC, if it bridges above/below the DPC won't allow moisture to start soaking upwards, ....right?
Not a dramatic post really.
I am smartening up my garage this summer. Although 3 of the walls have thermalite blocks in addition to the brick walls, one section is just single skin (one brick).
This wall has a DPC 150mm off the floor level inside. Moisture rises to this point and stops there, as it should I imagine. However, because the wall is painted, the paint is forever crumbling and falling off.
I intend to:
-clean up the loose paint
-apply a coat of stop-peel (or similar)
- and then use silicone attach a strip of 150mm UPVC skirting.
I figure this will just cover up the ugly bit.
Question is, that UPVC, if it bridges above/below the DPC won't allow moisture to start soaking upwards, ....right?