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Hello,
My friend has a problem with damp of some kind. He bought the bungalow with an extension already built.
He has a shower room / wet room in the centre of the house and ever since day one, there has been a small amount of dampness coming through the wall. The other side of this wall is an internal living area.
The paint flaked away, mould was present and it smelt! A builder came round and suggested that when the shower room was built, the incorrect sealant was used. So, he hacked all the infected plaster off, replaced it and said to see how things progressed. The sealant was not changed though.
BUT
The dampness has re appeared in the same spot AND worked its way round to ALL the lower portions of the walls in the extension part. The dampness is ONLY in the extension and not the original bungalow.
Can the shower room be causing all this damage? Could the DPM be fautly / not fitted correctly? (The DPC is present) Any ideas / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My friend has a problem with damp of some kind. He bought the bungalow with an extension already built.
He has a shower room / wet room in the centre of the house and ever since day one, there has been a small amount of dampness coming through the wall. The other side of this wall is an internal living area.
The paint flaked away, mould was present and it smelt! A builder came round and suggested that when the shower room was built, the incorrect sealant was used. So, he hacked all the infected plaster off, replaced it and said to see how things progressed. The sealant was not changed though.
BUT
The dampness has re appeared in the same spot AND worked its way round to ALL the lower portions of the walls in the extension part. The dampness is ONLY in the extension and not the original bungalow.
Can the shower room be causing all this damage? Could the DPM be fautly / not fitted correctly? (The DPC is present) Any ideas / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.