Plaster absorbing Screed moisture

[Deleted member 292770]

there is still no "need."

What benefit does it bring?

what ‘benefit’ could a builder or plasterer get from dry lining a room and trying to suspend the plasterboards say 150mm from the floor for the sake of later installing batten to fix a say 150 mm skirting to.
the benefit of boarding down to within an inch or so of the floor is clear. a uniform flat plumb surface to bond or screw / pin a skirting to, as stated previously, and as per modern recognised best practice.

 

[Deleted member 292770]

I shouldn't be getting damp patches though should I? Or is that due to the moisture being released?

I'm getting rather worried!

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why worry , it’s a poor job. clearly carried out by inexperienced ‘trades’.
run a multi tool around the bottom at floor level and again 1” up . job done. be careful not to damage any dpc dpm or cables.

 

[JohnD]

and the benefit of making the walls wet?

 

[tell80]

lay a wood board or tile lath aginst the walls and use it to mark a pencil line around the room. Useing a knife, like the one used to cut the boards, cut the board at the line and then break it out.

 

[Dereekoo]

Then again you could leave it like it is and if it dries out everything is ok, if it doesn't then you have a rising damp problem, cut off the bottom inch and least ways you will be unaware of it for a few more years

 

[Deleted member 292770]

and the benefit of making the walls wet?

can’t think of any . similarly I can’t think of any benefit in needlessly incorporating 150 year old techniques into what is clearly a modern project.