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In the summer i done a job for a lady, rendering the stone in a cellar sort of area. To explain, the main road/street level comes to the heigh of where your roof would be. Its a house on a house, ( manchester road linthwaite ) Now water from the path and road sort of end up in this outside sort of cellar area....
After i had rendered it, she rang me about 6 weeks later saying something was wrong. When i got there, it was falling off like powdery sand and had gone mouldy. Scratching my head i was stuck. The render was waterproofed so no water could get under or in from the front.
Eventually i found the otherside of the wall was the kitchen and the sinks waste had been leaking for years ( it was not a clean and tidy house ) i pulled out the back of the cupboard and hey presto the wall was mouldy,soaking and manky. Now 6 months on, the people have moved out and she wants me to fix it. She knows its not my fault etc.
So im in a quandry, as what to do, as i dont want to re do it and for it to do it again. I plan to hack it all off and let the wall dry for a week, or if its bone dry behind then re do it. If it isnt dry then i cant do it as itll trap the water still in it, but she wants it doing as she wants to sell it. i have a few options but any suggestions will be appreciated. i did take pics at the time but dont know if i can find them.....
brad
After i had rendered it, she rang me about 6 weeks later saying something was wrong. When i got there, it was falling off like powdery sand and had gone mouldy. Scratching my head i was stuck. The render was waterproofed so no water could get under or in from the front.
Eventually i found the otherside of the wall was the kitchen and the sinks waste had been leaking for years ( it was not a clean and tidy house ) i pulled out the back of the cupboard and hey presto the wall was mouldy,soaking and manky. Now 6 months on, the people have moved out and she wants me to fix it. She knows its not my fault etc.
So im in a quandry, as what to do, as i dont want to re do it and for it to do it again. I plan to hack it all off and let the wall dry for a week, or if its bone dry behind then re do it. If it isnt dry then i cant do it as itll trap the water still in it, but she wants it doing as she wants to sell it. i have a few options but any suggestions will be appreciated. i did take pics at the time but dont know if i can find them.....
brad