Hi,
I have got a damp problem in my 1959 built bungalow. On one exterior wall around 4 or 5 bricks in length by two bricks depth are permenantly wet....there is a smell of damp in the corresponding interior room.
These bricks are immediately below the damp proof course and the damp does not traverse the damp proof course. For some reason there is one further course of bricks below the damp bricks and before the ground which are dry as are all the rest of the bricks on that side of the bungalow.
There is no obvious water source, leaking gutter and no water pipes inside the house at that point.
It has been suggested to me that it would be an idea to take one or two of the bricks out and see whats behind them which might give a clue as to why they are wet. it has also been suggested that i should replace at least one of them with an air brick as there are no air bricks below the damp proof course (the interior room has a wooden floor not solid)
I would be grateful for any suggestions as to why this might be damp, what I might find behind the bricks and I guess most importantly how many can you safely take out at any one time
Many thanks,
I have got a damp problem in my 1959 built bungalow. On one exterior wall around 4 or 5 bricks in length by two bricks depth are permenantly wet....there is a smell of damp in the corresponding interior room.
These bricks are immediately below the damp proof course and the damp does not traverse the damp proof course. For some reason there is one further course of bricks below the damp bricks and before the ground which are dry as are all the rest of the bricks on that side of the bungalow.
There is no obvious water source, leaking gutter and no water pipes inside the house at that point.
It has been suggested to me that it would be an idea to take one or two of the bricks out and see whats behind them which might give a clue as to why they are wet. it has also been suggested that i should replace at least one of them with an air brick as there are no air bricks below the damp proof course (the interior room has a wooden floor not solid)
I would be grateful for any suggestions as to why this might be damp, what I might find behind the bricks and I guess most importantly how many can you safely take out at any one time
Many thanks,