Hi guys,
Im after some advice please.
Im actually asking this for a friend of mine who doesnt have a clue about anything but footy lol so I said i would help in out
my mate lives in a concrete prefabricated ex council house. not sure when it was built but must be at least 30 to 40 years old. Anyway he lives on the end house of a block of 'kind of' terraced houses. I think they call them town houses
anyway because he lives in the end house, he has a full gable end wall. Now this wall has been causing him problems for a few years but has only just asked me to help him out even though I knew there was something wrong (didnt want to poke my nose in but did hint a while back).
This wall, inside his house always feels really cold and moist. He has painted the plaster numerous times but it just flakes off which I told him it would do unless he sorts the cause out. He has a upstairs bathroom which is next to the problem wall. All the grout has gone mouldy even though it was only put in 12 months ago. I can see mold on the ceiling where this wall meets the upstairs ceiling. now he has had a couple of builders out that cant find a cause. he's been told these buildings dont have a cavity as he cant have cavity insulated walls. he said the problem is worse in the winter.
now, ive not had a good look myself yet but on first impressions, i feel the upstairs part of the wall is worse than the downstairs part. I was always told that damp will only rise 1 metre in height so if this is true, surely its got nothing to do with the foundations of the house. As is a gable end wall, im think that rain is somehow getting in and causing this. This is only a gut feeling but I would really appreciate some feedback from you guys as to what you may think is the cause or could be the cause.
any advice you have would be much appreciated by me and my friend
Im after some advice please.
Im actually asking this for a friend of mine who doesnt have a clue about anything but footy lol so I said i would help in out
my mate lives in a concrete prefabricated ex council house. not sure when it was built but must be at least 30 to 40 years old. Anyway he lives on the end house of a block of 'kind of' terraced houses. I think they call them town houses
anyway because he lives in the end house, he has a full gable end wall. Now this wall has been causing him problems for a few years but has only just asked me to help him out even though I knew there was something wrong (didnt want to poke my nose in but did hint a while back).
This wall, inside his house always feels really cold and moist. He has painted the plaster numerous times but it just flakes off which I told him it would do unless he sorts the cause out. He has a upstairs bathroom which is next to the problem wall. All the grout has gone mouldy even though it was only put in 12 months ago. I can see mold on the ceiling where this wall meets the upstairs ceiling. now he has had a couple of builders out that cant find a cause. he's been told these buildings dont have a cavity as he cant have cavity insulated walls. he said the problem is worse in the winter.
now, ive not had a good look myself yet but on first impressions, i feel the upstairs part of the wall is worse than the downstairs part. I was always told that damp will only rise 1 metre in height so if this is true, surely its got nothing to do with the foundations of the house. As is a gable end wall, im think that rain is somehow getting in and causing this. This is only a gut feeling but I would really appreciate some feedback from you guys as to what you may think is the cause or could be the cause.
any advice you have would be much appreciated by me and my friend
I don`t know the trade names for this process , but you should be able to google sucessfully 
