Is this rising damp?

[LouF]

I moved into my house lady August it was surveyed and showed no damp. I re wired re plummed and had all the walls skimmed shortly after we moved in I noticed this stain on an internal wall. It had now spread all along the wall and around the corner to the front external wall. The house is solid brick with a bitumen dpc. The plumber closed and plastered the air bricks no idea why. Could this just be a ventilation issue with the new plaster absorbing condensation? I really don't want to have to start hacking plaster off as am now completely skint after all the work I've done on it. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have asked two builders to come and look at it but they both let me down.

 

[HERTS P&D]

I blame the faulty stop cock and lead in the wall.

WHY HAVE YOU POSTED THIS QUESTION AGAIN???

 

[LouF]

Thanks for your reply. I should have mentioned I have had a plumber look at the pipes in the kitchen and feels it is not a leak. Sorry to have angered you but when you have spent a year doing a house up, run out of money to spend on it, a husband who works away and a line of tradesman who have let me down you get a little anxious about these things. That is why I posted it again.

 

[HERTS P&D]

The trouble is your asking questions to keyboard warriors who can not see your 'problem'. Get a second opinion.

Andy

 

[peaps2]

When the walls were skimmed it sealed walls that should breath. Ignore the ..... above. Blocking the vent will have added to the problem.

 

[JohnD]

this stain

did you mean to attach a photo?

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edit:

i see the probable problem was identified in your earlier thread

Oh dear think plumber may have told some fibs. ... Is it leaking also I appear to be getting my water through a lead pipe and as it is buried into the wall what do I need to dig up to find out if it's leaking. ....

and so was the probable solution

Well as you've guessed it's almost certainly a leak so you'll have to dig it up and trace it back to get rid of the lead. ... I'd be sorting it as a priority if I were you.

I think you need to ask your friends and neighbours to recommend a competent local plumber.