Hello,
A month ago one of my internal walls started to show signs of damp (high up on the wall, not rising)
I've been informed by the landlord that a number of months ago, water was coming off the kitchen roof and hitting the external brickwork (for some time before the problem was rectified) however, the damage was done and now the external bricks are wet through and hence this is causing the problem on the internal wall. The external bricks are drying out as nature takes it's course, however it doesn't get much sunlight and hence this will take sometime to dry out.
We put a dehumidifier in the room for a few days and this drew out a good few pints of water. We hoped that might do the job so sealed the wall with a Polycell Damp seal, then gave it a few coats of mag.
It's now showing what looks like water stains coming back through the internal wall in certain areas and there is a musty/damp smell in the room.
I'm thinking sealing and painting it wasn't a good idea after all however was hoping that would do the trick!
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated. Moving out of course is an option but apart from this particular problem it's a great room in great house!
Cheers, Dan.
A month ago one of my internal walls started to show signs of damp (high up on the wall, not rising)
I've been informed by the landlord that a number of months ago, water was coming off the kitchen roof and hitting the external brickwork (for some time before the problem was rectified) however, the damage was done and now the external bricks are wet through and hence this is causing the problem on the internal wall. The external bricks are drying out as nature takes it's course, however it doesn't get much sunlight and hence this will take sometime to dry out.
We put a dehumidifier in the room for a few days and this drew out a good few pints of water. We hoped that might do the job so sealed the wall with a Polycell Damp seal, then gave it a few coats of mag.
It's now showing what looks like water stains coming back through the internal wall in certain areas and there is a musty/damp smell in the room.
I'm thinking sealing and painting it wasn't a good idea after all however was hoping that would do the trick!
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated. Moving out of course is an option but apart from this particular problem it's a great room in great house!
Cheers, Dan.