Hi folks
A mate has asked me for help to solve what appears to be a rising damp problem along two walls of a converted barn.
The walls in question are in a room where the floor is lower than the ground outside and having dug a slim channel away about 12 months ago along the outside walls damp is still apparent inside.
I suspect that the wall has not had a silicon injected damp course as there are no tell tale holes drilled into the walls so that is going to be my next course of action however, the wall is a solid wall of about 15 inches thick and I am aware that to create a good silicon injection damp course it is necessary to inject into the horizontal mortar bed of both inside and outside courses.
My question is, how can I ensure that the internal structure, ie, the bricks inside the inner and outer skins receive the silicon to the mortar and not the the bricks?
Any advise on this would be appreciated along with any other ideas as to how I can solve this problem.
A mate has asked me for help to solve what appears to be a rising damp problem along two walls of a converted barn.
The walls in question are in a room where the floor is lower than the ground outside and having dug a slim channel away about 12 months ago along the outside walls damp is still apparent inside.
I suspect that the wall has not had a silicon injected damp course as there are no tell tale holes drilled into the walls so that is going to be my next course of action however, the wall is a solid wall of about 15 inches thick and I am aware that to create a good silicon injection damp course it is necessary to inject into the horizontal mortar bed of both inside and outside courses.
My question is, how can I ensure that the internal structure, ie, the bricks inside the inner and outer skins receive the silicon to the mortar and not the the bricks?
Any advise on this would be appreciated along with any other ideas as to how I can solve this problem.