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hi everyone
I'm currently in the process of trying to buy a brick terraced house, built around 1910. I just got the homebuyers survey back, which found evidence of some rising damp in the party wall of one of the down stairs rooms. I'm really confused as to what to do - I've read on the internet that the moisture meters surveyors use are only reliable for timber and may exaggerate the amount of damp on other materials (the wall in wuestion is wall papered). I have to admit that when I've looked round the house I havnt seen any evidence of damp in this area; no stains, no damp smell, skirting boards seem ok etc. Has anyone got any advice as to what I should do next? also, is it more expensive to remediate the problem in a party walll?
thanks
richard
I'm currently in the process of trying to buy a brick terraced house, built around 1910. I just got the homebuyers survey back, which found evidence of some rising damp in the party wall of one of the down stairs rooms. I'm really confused as to what to do - I've read on the internet that the moisture meters surveyors use are only reliable for timber and may exaggerate the amount of damp on other materials (the wall in wuestion is wall papered). I have to admit that when I've looked round the house I havnt seen any evidence of damp in this area; no stains, no damp smell, skirting boards seem ok etc. Has anyone got any advice as to what I should do next? also, is it more expensive to remediate the problem in a party walll?
thanks
richard