Victorian house - my family have lived in the house for many years and as such house has never had a survey of any kind.
We have not known of or found any visual signs of damp on ground floor walls.
As part of current renovation quite a lot of internal render/plasterwork has to be removed which is all fine, fairly usual for this age of property, most of it just simply falls off with a little help from a shovel.
Im just wondering if we should use a damp meter on the walls to see what damp levels might be and if we are likely to need to do damp proofing before renovating rooms - not all ground floor rooms are having the render/plaster removed.
I have read on here and other sites that the readings from these meters is not always conclusive of damp course braking down.
I guess just a little concerned we may be expecting damp when there just isnt any but would like to confirm things before getting walls re rendered and finished.
looking for advice on how to proceed.
thanks
We have not known of or found any visual signs of damp on ground floor walls.
As part of current renovation quite a lot of internal render/plasterwork has to be removed which is all fine, fairly usual for this age of property, most of it just simply falls off with a little help from a shovel.
Im just wondering if we should use a damp meter on the walls to see what damp levels might be and if we are likely to need to do damp proofing before renovating rooms - not all ground floor rooms are having the render/plaster removed.
I have read on here and other sites that the readings from these meters is not always conclusive of damp course braking down.
I guess just a little concerned we may be expecting damp when there just isnt any but would like to confirm things before getting walls re rendered and finished.
looking for advice on how to proceed.
thanks