I am getting dampness rising from the bottom of an interior wall of my 60 year old house which has a concrete floor.
At this stage I can only guess that the problem is either:
A leak in the central heating pipes which run alongside the wall just below the surface of the floor,
Or, having had an infestation of flying ants every year at about this time (they appear from the floor in swarms close to the location of the damp wall) I wondered whether they had chewed up the DPM.
Either way it looks as thought the floor might need to be disturbed, but depending on which of the two options is found, which trade would be more likely to be able to tackle the complete job?
I would appreciate your thoughts please.
At this stage I can only guess that the problem is either:
A leak in the central heating pipes which run alongside the wall just below the surface of the floor,
Or, having had an infestation of flying ants every year at about this time (they appear from the floor in swarms close to the location of the damp wall) I wondered whether they had chewed up the DPM.
Either way it looks as thought the floor might need to be disturbed, but depending on which of the two options is found, which trade would be more likely to be able to tackle the complete job?
I would appreciate your thoughts please.