Hi, I'm hoping to pick your collective brains about damp proofing for a Victorian brick outhouse.
Behind the back wall of the outhouse is raised ground, which is causing damp for about a metre up. We can't easily access behind the outhouse as it's in an blocked-off alleyway. Our builder suggested either:
1. Knocking a hole in the back of the outhouse to access the alleyway, clear the soil and debris, and apply a damp proof course to the outside of the wall, then patch up the hole, or
2. Applying liquid damp proofing up to a metre inside the outhouse. This would do the job but would affect the aesthetics, as we'd been planning to keep the red brick exposed.
We want the outhouse to be reasonable dry, but it need not be to the standard of a living space. Even so, it's important to us that the outhouse looks good.
Does anyone know a third solution?
Or does anyone know how to ensure the damp proof course applied to the inside wall is not unsightly?
Thanks.
Behind the back wall of the outhouse is raised ground, which is causing damp for about a metre up. We can't easily access behind the outhouse as it's in an blocked-off alleyway. Our builder suggested either:
1. Knocking a hole in the back of the outhouse to access the alleyway, clear the soil and debris, and apply a damp proof course to the outside of the wall, then patch up the hole, or
2. Applying liquid damp proofing up to a metre inside the outhouse. This would do the job but would affect the aesthetics, as we'd been planning to keep the red brick exposed.
We want the outhouse to be reasonable dry, but it need not be to the standard of a living space. Even so, it's important to us that the outhouse looks good.
Does anyone know a third solution?
Or does anyone know how to ensure the damp proof course applied to the inside wall is not unsightly?
Thanks.
