Hi all,
A bit of background. Had artex everywhere when we bought the house. Decided to get it all scraped off and skimmed on the gable wall so hallway, up the stairs and the landing. Allowing the plaster to dry for several months we decided to paint it.
But, numerous damp patches have appeared on the entire wall. It is a solid brick wall (i.e. no cavity). It's a 1935 house.
In the box room at the front the plaster on the wall is blown (not artexed and skimmed).
I have had scaffolding up for a week and filled in all the holes and cracks I could find and also repainted with sandtex. I struggle to see how it's really penetrating. There is also no guttering on this wall. All the houses on my street (about 25 in my style) none of them have had the wall re-rendered.
I have had a rendering guy look at it who said it's the rendering. I have also had a damp guy say it's the nature of the house and the plaster will need removing, cleaning and tanking the wall, plasterboarded and re-plastered. Two totally different opinions, both £5,000.
I have installed a PIV to hopefully help but hasn't seemed to affect the wall.
I don't want to spend £5,000 on something that doesn't work/help. I can't afford both. But it's the ENTIRE wall. Upstairs and downstairs.
After any advice.
Thanks in advance.
A bit of background. Had artex everywhere when we bought the house. Decided to get it all scraped off and skimmed on the gable wall so hallway, up the stairs and the landing. Allowing the plaster to dry for several months we decided to paint it.
But, numerous damp patches have appeared on the entire wall. It is a solid brick wall (i.e. no cavity). It's a 1935 house.
In the box room at the front the plaster on the wall is blown (not artexed and skimmed).
I have had scaffolding up for a week and filled in all the holes and cracks I could find and also repainted with sandtex. I struggle to see how it's really penetrating. There is also no guttering on this wall. All the houses on my street (about 25 in my style) none of them have had the wall re-rendered.
I have had a rendering guy look at it who said it's the rendering. I have also had a damp guy say it's the nature of the house and the plaster will need removing, cleaning and tanking the wall, plasterboarded and re-plastered. Two totally different opinions, both £5,000.
I have installed a PIV to hopefully help but hasn't seemed to affect the wall.
I don't want to spend £5,000 on something that doesn't work/help. I can't afford both. But it's the ENTIRE wall. Upstairs and downstairs.
After any advice.
Thanks in advance.