Hi,
I have recently (around 1 month ago) noticed a series of damp patches on the wall in the kitchen at around 1 metre or so above ground level. When investigating I noticed a major leak in the washing machine plumbing which I fixed around 3 weeks ago (now totally dry and no leaks). I marked the edges of the damp patches with a pen to determine whether they were still growing. 2-3 weeks on I notice that some have increased but others have remained the same. Having had no damp in the house previously (even fter all the rain we have been having this summer!) I am minded that it is the washing machine leak that caused it but I still have an element of doubt due to some of the patches still growing (albeit not greatly). Additionally I have a rendered outside wall which was not pointed off at the top and had a small gap between the render and the wall which I pointed and smoothed off a few weeks prior to the damp patches being seen (not sure whether this is related but you never know!) My question is really to ask whether these patches would increase due to residual moisture still left in the wall after the leak had been fixed (it was a pretty bad one!) or whether my pointing of the top of the external render could have done something?.
Any ideas/opinions gratefully received!
I have recently (around 1 month ago) noticed a series of damp patches on the wall in the kitchen at around 1 metre or so above ground level. When investigating I noticed a major leak in the washing machine plumbing which I fixed around 3 weeks ago (now totally dry and no leaks). I marked the edges of the damp patches with a pen to determine whether they were still growing. 2-3 weeks on I notice that some have increased but others have remained the same. Having had no damp in the house previously (even fter all the rain we have been having this summer!) I am minded that it is the washing machine leak that caused it but I still have an element of doubt due to some of the patches still growing (albeit not greatly). Additionally I have a rendered outside wall which was not pointed off at the top and had a small gap between the render and the wall which I pointed and smoothed off a few weeks prior to the damp patches being seen (not sure whether this is related but you never know!) My question is really to ask whether these patches would increase due to residual moisture still left in the wall after the leak had been fixed (it was a pretty bad one!) or whether my pointing of the top of the external render could have done something?.
Any ideas/opinions gratefully received!
