Hi all
First post having searched and read through previous advice on this topic.
Where to start??..Currently in the middle of selling my house, terraced built around 1900.
Surveyor came around and advised that the DPC had failed. We had the DPC installed around 5 years ago by a builder. We contacted the builder who did the DPC, he came around and took samples of plaster to be analysed.
The builder contacted me and has told me that the results show that the DPC has not failed and that there is a problem with 'salting' which is the cause of the damp, therefore the garauntee i have is not valid. He advised that the walls need to be stripped back and re-protected with the correct chemical to prevent the return of 'salting'.
My questions are that surely a professional should have thought about the possiblity of 'salting' and taken the correct steps in the first place to protect against this??
Has anyone else had any experience of this?? Any ways around it??
Cheers in advance
First post having searched and read through previous advice on this topic.
Where to start??..Currently in the middle of selling my house, terraced built around 1900.
Surveyor came around and advised that the DPC had failed. We had the DPC installed around 5 years ago by a builder. We contacted the builder who did the DPC, he came around and took samples of plaster to be analysed.
The builder contacted me and has told me that the results show that the DPC has not failed and that there is a problem with 'salting' which is the cause of the damp, therefore the garauntee i have is not valid. He advised that the walls need to be stripped back and re-protected with the correct chemical to prevent the return of 'salting'.
My questions are that surely a professional should have thought about the possiblity of 'salting' and taken the correct steps in the first place to protect against this??
Has anyone else had any experience of this?? Any ways around it??
Cheers in advance