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Hi there I'm hoping a picture is worth a thousand words.... (see link below)
My wife and I have an end of terrace 1860's Victorian house over three levels in East London. The basement and ground floor hall both have evidence of damp - these being on the flank / end of terrace wall. As can be seen from the pictures the external wall has a driveway at ground level and some sort of render which I guess someone has added to try and fix the damp problems(?) The render has many hairline cracks in it. I'm worried this is making the problem worse. Anyone know what this render is and why it may have been added? What about the clay tiles on the ground, what are they likely to be for? Am I best to have it hacked off so the building can "breath" ?
We've been in the house now for 2 years and want to decorate, and remove the awful polystyrene backed wallpaper in the basement.
We've had approx 4 damp companies in who all say the same - hack off plaster, inject a DPC, do some tanking in the basement etc. etc. Costs vary from 1.8k - 3k. I've read a great deal of the negative posts about DPC treatment both here and on a Period Property forum.
Not sure what to do. Am I best off getting a general builder around to look at the problem (i.e. someone who doesn't just want to flog me a DPC system)? Or some kind of specialist?
ANy advice would be great. Many thanks in advance!
http://www.swalker2.f2s.com/Damp/
My wife and I have an end of terrace 1860's Victorian house over three levels in East London. The basement and ground floor hall both have evidence of damp - these being on the flank / end of terrace wall. As can be seen from the pictures the external wall has a driveway at ground level and some sort of render which I guess someone has added to try and fix the damp problems(?) The render has many hairline cracks in it. I'm worried this is making the problem worse. Anyone know what this render is and why it may have been added? What about the clay tiles on the ground, what are they likely to be for? Am I best to have it hacked off so the building can "breath" ?
We've been in the house now for 2 years and want to decorate, and remove the awful polystyrene backed wallpaper in the basement.
We've had approx 4 damp companies in who all say the same - hack off plaster, inject a DPC, do some tanking in the basement etc. etc. Costs vary from 1.8k - 3k. I've read a great deal of the negative posts about DPC treatment both here and on a Period Property forum.
Not sure what to do. Am I best off getting a general builder around to look at the problem (i.e. someone who doesn't just want to flog me a DPC system)? Or some kind of specialist?
ANy advice would be great. Many thanks in advance!
http://www.swalker2.f2s.com/Damp/