Hi I'm trying to decide how best to proceed with a bay wall that had some penetrating damp. There was a large curved radiator fitter to the wall - as it is a solid wall construction I'm also keen to improve the U-value.
The house is a 1934 semi-detached and the mortar is quite crumbly so I was going to have the wall sand and cement rendered to increase the water resistance and also deal with the crumbly nature of the existing mortar.
I was then planning to attach insulated plasterboard using adhesive foam. I could then have the plasterboard skimmed.
Using this system would hopefully:
This is the wall:
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I'm not a builder. These suggestions have come from the internet and I'm hoping that someone here has some experience with such a solution.
Cheers
The house is a 1934 semi-detached and the mortar is quite crumbly so I was going to have the wall sand and cement rendered to increase the water resistance and also deal with the crumbly nature of the existing mortar.
I was then planning to attach insulated plasterboard using adhesive foam. I could then have the plasterboard skimmed.
Using this system would hopefully:
- Stabilise the crumbly mortar - plenty of sand found in the floor void which I assume has come from the wall over the years.
- Improve the resistance of the wall to penetrating damp - it's a solid wall so vulnerable to this.
- Improve the U-value through the use of the insulated plasterboard.
This is the wall:
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I'm not a builder. These suggestions have come from the internet and I'm hoping that someone here has some experience with such a solution.
Cheers