numpty and a new house - damp

[treedelivery]

Hello!!

Now then, I am buying a victorian end terrace with a breached damp course down one exterior wall Thats cool I can imagine breaching my damp course after 140 years stood about.

However, the kitchen extension 'pod' at the back, is very damp to a good 4-5 ft in height.
I have also noted the drain this kitchen and the bathroom downpipe flow into is not draining at all. Standing water in clearly visable in the drain.

Could this whole damp be down to the blocked drain?
Combo of drain and lousy dampcourse in first place?

There has been subsidence of old down this side of the house. Inmy mind there is a collapsed drain -house falling into soakaway - you've seen the film Carrie right?



What do we think?

 

[treedelivery]

The numpty is me by the way.

Further reading of the forum and I'm starting to doubt damp exsists!!!

Plus the damp specialist really did just pop the reader thingy on the wall and declare a £1100 damp course would do the trick.

Stillhaving nightmare thoughts of Carrie - house dissapearing into a bog, bodies rising up amongst us (solicitors and estate agents....)

 

[andy2306]

I had a similar problem in my terrace, and a £1300 quote for a damp proof course in all my downstairs rooms. read the forum, believed that rising damp is a myth and looked for other possibilities, looked at the guttering during a bad storm and saw the rainwater pouring out everywhere, fixed the guttering, sanded down the internal walls, put a dehumidifier on and repainted 2 weeks later, hey presto no damp walls (2 years now) and a bill of £250 and new aluminium guttering replacing the knackered wood stuff. I could have done it for less by just climbing up and taking the vegetation out.

Id eliminate other possibilities first as the drains etc sound like they need clearing anyway and see if it helps if not bite the bullett

 

[noseall]

tackle the dodgy drain first.

remove and cart away all the muddy rubbish surrounding the drain and either set the new drains in concrete, pea gravel or both.