Hi!
To my horror I have dicscovered that one of the walls in my spare bedroom is completely damp, and mould has started appearing behind the wardrobe. We have only recently bought the house, and having looked into it, it appears that the dampness was caused by a lengthy period of leaking from my neighbours overflow.
So, in theory the cause of the damp has been rectified, so now I need to dry the wall out. We have only just had the exterior walls rendered, so I am not too keen on having to pull it all off again, however, as the wall paper in the spare room is now ruined I have no problem in hacking off the interior plaster and drying it from inside the house. Is this an acceptable way of drying out the wall? Or should it be done from the outside? Also, what am I best of doing to dry the wall out..... should I hire one of these infra-red heaters and combine it with a dehumidifier? Or will a dehumidifier alone suffice?
Any help would be welcomed!
To my horror I have dicscovered that one of the walls in my spare bedroom is completely damp, and mould has started appearing behind the wardrobe. We have only recently bought the house, and having looked into it, it appears that the dampness was caused by a lengthy period of leaking from my neighbours overflow.
So, in theory the cause of the damp has been rectified, so now I need to dry the wall out. We have only just had the exterior walls rendered, so I am not too keen on having to pull it all off again, however, as the wall paper in the spare room is now ruined I have no problem in hacking off the interior plaster and drying it from inside the house. Is this an acceptable way of drying out the wall? Or should it be done from the outside? Also, what am I best of doing to dry the wall out..... should I hire one of these infra-red heaters and combine it with a dehumidifier? Or will a dehumidifier alone suffice?
Any help would be welcomed!