I have an early C20th terraced house. It has single skinned walls that my local damp proofing agency injected a damp proof course into a few years ago.
When it rains, it seems as damp gets into the ground floor room in the bay areas and that it creeps along the carpet for around 60cm. I have taken the underlay up in the bay as it was holding the moisture (and smelling).
I'm pretty certain that the damp isn't coming up from under the floor boards (they are fairly dry) and the local damp proofer says it isn't rising damp. There are no signs of damp coming in off my windows and the plaster is dry, so I don't think it is leaky windows. The bottom of my curtains are a bit damp but I don't know where this water is coming from either (the curtains are 30cm above the floor). There doesn't seem to be anywhere that the damp could be penetrating from.
My partner's friend is an architect and he came out to inspect. He had no idea what it was. Undoubtedly my property sometimes suffers from a bit of condensation but this is too much for that.
The exterior of the house was painted over the summer, there is no cladding (or anything like that) and the brick work is in good condition with no obvious gaps.
Can anyone help? I'm just baffled and even unsure what type of tradesman to get out.
When it rains, it seems as damp gets into the ground floor room in the bay areas and that it creeps along the carpet for around 60cm. I have taken the underlay up in the bay as it was holding the moisture (and smelling).
I'm pretty certain that the damp isn't coming up from under the floor boards (they are fairly dry) and the local damp proofer says it isn't rising damp. There are no signs of damp coming in off my windows and the plaster is dry, so I don't think it is leaky windows. The bottom of my curtains are a bit damp but I don't know where this water is coming from either (the curtains are 30cm above the floor). There doesn't seem to be anywhere that the damp could be penetrating from.
My partner's friend is an architect and he came out to inspect. He had no idea what it was. Undoubtedly my property sometimes suffers from a bit of condensation but this is too much for that.
The exterior of the house was painted over the summer, there is no cladding (or anything like that) and the brick work is in good condition with no obvious gaps.
Can anyone help? I'm just baffled and even unsure what type of tradesman to get out.