After having my mid terrace damp coursed, all aside from the kitchen, then decided to do things the wrong way around and install a new kitchen...
Long story short, kitchen installed - and has been for a couple of years - and there's a slight problem area.
Adjoining wall with the neighbours, likely single skinned brick which used to be part of an outhouse ( house is 120 years old ), replastered and repainted, new skirting.
The wall, in some places, is showing the classic signs of damp. Yellow marks appearing through the skirting around wood knots, areas of loose plaster that crumble away, paint blistering - all at around floor level to around 80cm up the wall ( the houses are built on a hill and are staggered against each other )
Over the past year, i've carefully chipped away at "poor" areas, stuck them with filler and repainted over the top. Works for a few months at a time.
Problem now being, the house is up for sale and i'm keen to draw attention away from my constant patching up and i'm running low on matching paint.
Aside from doing the job properly, any ideas for quick fixes ? Any way to discreetly cover the exposed area with a sheet of coloured perspex and make it a feature - that was my brainwave...
Suggestions welcome, especially if there's any "long lasting" bodge out there which will out fox a casual budget house survey...
Thanks !
Long story short, kitchen installed - and has been for a couple of years - and there's a slight problem area.
Adjoining wall with the neighbours, likely single skinned brick which used to be part of an outhouse ( house is 120 years old ), replastered and repainted, new skirting.
The wall, in some places, is showing the classic signs of damp. Yellow marks appearing through the skirting around wood knots, areas of loose plaster that crumble away, paint blistering - all at around floor level to around 80cm up the wall ( the houses are built on a hill and are staggered against each other )
Over the past year, i've carefully chipped away at "poor" areas, stuck them with filler and repainted over the top. Works for a few months at a time.
Problem now being, the house is up for sale and i'm keen to draw attention away from my constant patching up and i'm running low on matching paint.
Aside from doing the job properly, any ideas for quick fixes ? Any way to discreetly cover the exposed area with a sheet of coloured perspex and make it a feature - that was my brainwave...
Suggestions welcome, especially if there's any "long lasting" bodge out there which will out fox a casual budget house survey...
Thanks !
