Hi All,
I recently bought a new house (built around 1895) and unfortunetly the front room has quite a few damp problems. To cut a long story short the front wall of the house was being effected by rising/penitrating damp.
This seems to have been happening as the slate damp course had been rendered over. I have chipped away the render to just above the damp course and was wondering what my options are now...
Do I just neaten up the render above the slate and paint the bricks below the damp course with bitchumen....or do I use waterproofing brickwork sealer?
Also when I repair the render should I miz up a lime based render?
As you can see from the picture in the link below there is a concrete slab just in front of the wall so I am a little worried about rain bouncing up the wall in to the brickwork.
Sorry the picture is a little big I'm not great with computers so wasn't sure how to change the size.
I recently bought a new house (built around 1895) and unfortunetly the front room has quite a few damp problems. To cut a long story short the front wall of the house was being effected by rising/penitrating damp.
This seems to have been happening as the slate damp course had been rendered over. I have chipped away the render to just above the damp course and was wondering what my options are now...
Do I just neaten up the render above the slate and paint the bricks below the damp course with bitchumen....or do I use waterproofing brickwork sealer?
Also when I repair the render should I miz up a lime based render?
As you can see from the picture in the link below there is a concrete slab just in front of the wall so I am a little worried about rain bouncing up the wall in to the brickwork.
Sorry the picture is a little big I'm not great with computers so wasn't sure how to change the size.